Amos Tversky
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Amos Tversky was a pioneering cognitive and mathematical psychologist whose work on judgment, decision-making, and behavioral economics—most notably with Daniel Kahneman—fundamentally reshaped our understanding of human rationality.
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| Amos Tversky canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5823517 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amos Tversky Context triple: [Prospect theory, developedBy, Amos Tversky]
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Howard Raiffa
Howard Raiffa was an influential American statistician and decision theorist known for pioneering work in game theory, Bayesian analysis, and negotiation analysis.
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Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and decision theorist known for his work on bounded rationality, heuristics, and risk literacy.
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Matthew Rabin
Matthew Rabin is an influential American economist known for his pioneering work in behavioral economics, particularly on how psychological factors affect decision-making and market outcomes.
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D.
Richard H. Thaler
Richard H. Thaler is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for pioneering behavioral economics and co-developing the concept of "nudge" theory.
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E.
Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon was an American economist, political scientist, and cognitive psychologist renowned for his pioneering work on decision-making, bounded rationality, and artificial intelligence, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amos Tversky Target entity description: Amos Tversky was a pioneering cognitive and mathematical psychologist whose work on judgment, decision-making, and behavioral economics—most notably with Daniel Kahneman—fundamentally reshaped our understanding of human rationality.
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A.
Howard Raiffa
Howard Raiffa was an influential American statistician and decision theorist known for pioneering work in game theory, Bayesian analysis, and negotiation analysis.
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B.
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and decision theorist known for his work on bounded rationality, heuristics, and risk literacy.
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C.
Matthew Rabin
Matthew Rabin is an influential American economist known for his pioneering work in behavioral economics, particularly on how psychological factors affect decision-making and market outcomes.
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D.
Richard H. Thaler
Richard H. Thaler is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for pioneering behavioral economics and co-developing the concept of "nudge" theory.
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E.
Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon was an American economist, political scientist, and cognitive psychologist renowned for his pioneering work on decision-making, bounded rationality, and artificial intelligence, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
behavioral scientist
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cognitive psychologist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematical psychologist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Ward Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
NERFINISHED
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | melanoma ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Israel
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Daniel Kahneman
NERFINISHED
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David Kahneman NERFINISHED ⓘ Itamar Gati NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Slovic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-03-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-06-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Tversky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
behavioral economics
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cognitive psychology ⓘ judgment and decision-making ⓘ mathematical psychology ⓘ |
| fullName | Amos Nathan Tversky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Amos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
behavioral economics
NERFINISHED
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behavioral finance ⓘ policy-making on risk and uncertainty ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anchoring and adjustment heuristic
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availability heuristic ⓘ cumulative prospect theory NERFINISHED ⓘ elimination by aspects model NERFINISHED ⓘ foundations of measurement ⓘ framing effects ⓘ heuristics and biases research ⓘ loss aversion ⓘ prospect theory NERFINISHED ⓘ representativeness heuristic ⓘ similarity judgments research ⓘ support theory ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| militaryService | Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases”
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“Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Stanford, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of psychology at Stanford University ⓘ |
| servedIn | paratroopers brigade of the Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Tversky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Amos Tversky Description of subject: Amos Tversky was a pioneering cognitive and mathematical psychologist whose work on judgment, decision-making, and behavioral economics—most notably with Daniel Kahneman—fundamentally reshaped our understanding of human rationality.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Prospect theory
subject surface form:
Daniel Kahneman