An evolutionary perspective on testimony and argumentation

Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 177-189

  Sperber, Dan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 62949156140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203774908     Document Type: Chapter

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