What is it that cognitive abilities are abilities to do?

Acta Analytica

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-236

  Millar, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Greco; Knowledge; Perceptual recognitional ability; Sosa; Virtue epistemology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952814673     PISSN: 03535150     EISSN: 18746349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12136-009-0062-4     Document Type: Article

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