Tools = theories = data? On some circular dynamics in cognitive science

Psychology's Territories: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Different Disciplines

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 305-342

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a   Sturm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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