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ERIC Number: EJ495677
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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From Tools to Theories: A Heuristic of Discovery in Cognitive Psychology.
Gigerenzer, Gerd
Psychological Review, v98 n2 p254-67 Apr 1991
How scientists' tools have shaped theories of mind is explored, focusing on how methods of statistical inference have turned into metaphors of mind. The tools-to-theories heuristic explains emergence of a range of cognitive theories, and can be applied to current approaches that investigate the mind as an intuitive statistician. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Discovery Processes, Heuristics, Intuition, Philosophy, Research Methodology, Theories, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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