The Cognitive Design of Tools of Thought

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-116

  Tversky, Barbara ^a  

^a Columbia Teachers College and Stanford University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84923044633     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-014-0214-3     Document Type: Article

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