Paradoxes of Falsification

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 447-462

  Poletiek, Fenna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1542469303     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755628     Document Type: Article

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