Explanation and color-naming research

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-133

  Dedrick, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actual sequence explanations; Color naming theory; Philosophy of science; Robust process explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144415070     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104273627     Document Type: Article

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