Habits of the mind: Challenges for multidisciplinary engagement

Social Epistemology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 315-331

  Strober, Myra H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academe; Disciplines; Faculty; Knowledge Production; Multidisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749606344     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720600847324     Document Type: Review

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