Are ghost concepts 'intuitive,' 'endemic' and 'innate'?

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-243

  Boyer, Pascal ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28244469305     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853703322336661     Document Type: Note

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