Representation, pragmatics and process in model-based reasoning

The Mental Models Theory of Reasoning: Refinements and Extensions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-52

  Handley, Simon ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918913767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203774809     Document Type: Chapter

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