I Think, Therefore I Err.
Part of a special issue on the consequences of errors in the social and natural sciences. The research that experimental psychologists have conducted on human errors in an effort to infer laws of cognition—of perception, memory, and thought—is discussed. It is argued that the study of cognitive er...
| Published in: | Social Research Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 195 - 219 |
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New School for Social Research
Spring 2005
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