Peter Cathcart Wason
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 21 years ago |
Date of birth | April 22,1924 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Bath |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 17,2003 |
Died | Wallingford |
United Kingdom | |
Known for | Psychology of reasoning |
Books | Psychology of Reasoning: Structure and Content |
Alma maters | Oxford |
University College London | |
Influenced by | Karl Popper |
Jean Piaget | |
Education | University College London |
Nationality | British |
Doctor student | Philip Johnson-Laird |
Field | Psychology |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 812720 |
Peter Cathcart Wason Life story
Peter Cathcart Wason was a cognitive psychologist at University College, London, who pioneered the psychology of reasoning. He sought to explain why people consistently commit logical errors.