The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth

Cognitive Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-562

  Rozenblit, Leonid ^a   Keil, Frank ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Epistemology; Knowledge; Meta cognition; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036746332     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(02)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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