Is knowledge a natural kind?

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-386

  Pernu, Tuomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Causality; Cognitive ethology; Eliminativism; Naturalism; Naturalistic epistemology; Proximate ultimate; Reference; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149520333     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-007-9192-y     Document Type: Article

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