Inside and Outside Probability Judgment

Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-176

  Lagnado, David A ^a   Sloman, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Inside models; Knowledge; Outside distinction; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889297630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752937.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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