Philip Johnson-Laird
British-American psychologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird, FRS, FBA (born 12 October 1936)[1] is a philosopher of language and reasoning and a developer of the mental model theory of reasoning.[2] He was a professor at Princeton University's Department of Psychology, as well as the author of several notable books on human cognition and the psychology of reasoning.[3]
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Born | (1936-10-12) 12 October 1936 (age 87) |
Alma mater | University College London |
Known for | Mental models |
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Thesis | An experimental investigation into one pragmatic factor governing the use of the english language (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Cathcart Wason |
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