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| Mental leaps: Analogy in creative thought KJ Holyoak, P Thagard MIT press, 1996 | 3022 | 1996 |
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| Explanatory coherence P Thagard Behavioral and brain sciences 12 (3), 435-467, 1989 | 1650 | 1989 |
| Computational philosophy of science P Thagard The MIT Press, 1988 | 1521 | 1988 |
| Mind: Introduction to cognitive science P Thagard MIT press, 2005 | 1402 | 2005 |
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| Cognitive science P Thagard The Routledge companion to philosophy of science, 597-608, 2013 | 609* | 2013 |
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| Hot thought: Mechanisms and applications of emotional cognition P Thagard MIT press, 2008 | 494 | 2008 |
| Coherence as constraint satisfaction P Thagard, K Verbeurgt Cognitive science 22 (1), 1-24, 1998 | 440 | 1998 |
| Model-based reasoning in scientific discovery L Magnani, N Nersessian, P Thagard Springer Science & Business Media, 1999 | 401* | 1999 |
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