Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman in 2009
Born(1934-03-05)March 5, 1934
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
DiedMarch 27, 2024(2024-03-27) (aged 90)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican, Israeli
EducationHebrew University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Known for
Spouses
  • Irah Kahneman
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(m. 1978; died 2018)​
PartnerBarbara Tversky (2020–2024)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisAn analytical model of the semantic differential (1961)
Doctoral advisorSusan M. Ervin-Tripp
Notable students
Daniel Kahneman's voice
Recorded August 2013 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
Websitescholar.princeton.edu/kahneman/

Daniel Kahneman (/ˈkɑːnəmən/; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as the "grandfather of behavioral economics."[2][3][4]

With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. In 2011, Kahneman was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers.[5] In the same year, his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller.[6] In 2015, The Economist listed him as the seventh most influential economist in the world.

Kahneman was professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University's Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Kahneman was a founding partner of TGG Group, a business and philanthropy consulting company. He was married to cognitive psychologist and Royal Society Fellow Anne Treisman, who died in 2018.[7]

  1. ^ "Nobel-winning behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman, who upended his field, dies at 90 | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.
  2. ^ Jr, Robert D. Hershey (March 27, 2024). "Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Space, Social Science (March 27, 2024). "Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024: The Grandfather of Behavioral Economics". Social Science Space. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  4. ^ cossaeditor (April 2, 2024). "Remembering Dr. Daniel Kahneman: A Pioneer of Behavioral Economics | COSSA". Consortium of Social Science Associations. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ForeignPolicy November 2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "The New York Times Best Seller List" (PDF). www.hawes.com. December 25, 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NobelPrize Bio 2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).