Leon Rozenblit

Leon Rozenblit

Leon Rozenblit is a researcher and first author of the 2002 paper on the illusion of explanatory depth.

Who they are

Leon Rozenblit is a researcher and first author of the 2002 paper on the illusion of explanatory depth. On this site the name is tied to Illusion of Explanatory Depth.

Key papers

Rozenblit, L., & Keil, F. (2002). The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth. Cognitive Science, 26(5), 521-562.

Key ideas

Illusion of Explanatory Depth: The tendency to believe we understand how things work in more depth than we do.

Sources

  1. Rozenblit, L., & Keil, F. (2002). The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth. Cognitive Science, 26(5), 521-562.