Erwin Segal is an American academic who an

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at the

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Education

Segal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the

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and a PhD in psychology from the

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Career

As a PhD student, Segal also worked as an instructor at the University of Minnesota. He later worked as an assistant professor at the State College of Iowa and

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. He joined SUNY Buffalo in 1967. He is best known for his book with Garvin McCain on the philosophy of science ''The Game of Science'' (5th ed, 1988). His recent research efforts have been in

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, in particular narrative comprehension and

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, working in the Center for Cognitive Science at SUNY Buffalo.

References

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