The proof of the pudding is in the eating: Translating Popper's philosophy into a model for testing behaviour

Psychology of Reasoning: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 333-347

  Poletiek, Fenna H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203506936     Document Type: Chapter

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