Challenges and future directions for personal epistemology research in diverse cultures

Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 445-456

  Wong, Benjamin ^a   Khine, Myint Swe ^b   Sing, Chai Ching ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77950632424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6596-5_21     Document Type: Chapter

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