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... Amos Tversky . It soon will be apparent to the reader that this book could not have been written without the foundations laid by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in their work on judgmental heuristics . That work alone would not have ...
... Amos Tversky . It soon will be apparent to the reader that this book could not have been written without the foundations laid by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in their work on judgmental heuristics . That work alone would not have ...
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... Amos Tversky for this idea , " we now simply acknowledge , with gratitude , the magnitude of our personal and professional debt . Another important debt is to two philosophers , Alvin Goldman and Stephen Stich . Their vigorous criticism ...
... Amos Tversky for this idea , " we now simply acknowledge , with gratitude , the magnitude of our personal and professional debt . Another important debt is to two philosophers , Alvin Goldman and Stephen Stich . Their vigorous criticism ...
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... Amos Tversky ( 1972 , 1973 , in press ; Tversky & Kahneman , 1971 , 1973 , 1974 ) . We will draw continually upon these con- tributions in subsequent chapters of the book . The heuristics to be explored are relatively primitive and ...
... Amos Tversky ( 1972 , 1973 , in press ; Tversky & Kahneman , 1971 , 1973 , 1974 ) . We will draw continually upon these con- tributions in subsequent chapters of the book . The heuristics to be explored are relatively primitive and ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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