The habitual conception of action and social theory

Semiotica

Volumn 2009, Issue 173, 2009, Pages 99-128

  Kilpinen, Erkki ^a  

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Author keywords

Action; Cognitive science; Habit; Practices; Pragmatism; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849121149     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/SEMI.2009.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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