Why is a robin more a “bird” than a penguin? Why is George Clooney more a “bachelor” than the pope? Why do people routinely and, across cultures, make predictions that violate the logic of probability theory? Categorization and prediction are the essence of the law and the lawyer’s trade, and our understanding of these processes can be greatly enhanced by recent advances in cognitive science, the study of how the mind actually works.
Professor Steven Winter has been writing about cognitive science and its impact on legal reasoning for almost 15 years, so he is uniquely qualified to introduce and explain the concepts and literature in his highly recommended new book, “A Clearing in the Forest: Law, Life, and the Mind”.
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