Why is a robin more a "bird" than a penguin? Why is George Clooney more a "bachelor" than the Pope? Why do people routinely make predictions that violate the logic of probability theory? Categorization and prediction are the essence of the law and the lawyer's trade. Recent advances in cognitive science make understanding these processes easier, as professor Steven L. Winter explains in his new book, "A Clearing in the Forest: Law, Life and the Mind."
April 01, 2002 at 12:00 AM
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