Folk judgments of causation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-242

  Knobe, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal cognition; Causation; Cognitive science; Experimental philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349224693     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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