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On Thinking
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Ernst Pöppel
Parmenides Foundation, Kirchplatz 1, D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany
and
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Institute of Medical Psychology,
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Albrecht von Müller
Parmenides Foundation, Kirchplatz 1, D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany
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Britt M. Glatzeder ●  Vinod Goel
Albrecht von Müller
Editors
Towards a Theory
of Thinking
Building Blocks
for a Conceptual Framework
Editors
Britt M. Glatzeder Albrecht von Müller
Parmenides Foundation Parmenides Foundation
Kirchplatz 1 Kirchplatz 1
D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany
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Vinod Goel
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto ON, Canada
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and
Department of Psychology
University of Hull, UK
ISBN 978-3-642-03128-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03129-8
DOI -3-642-03129-8
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