Epistemic vigilance

Mind and Language

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-393

  Sperber, Dan ^a   Clément, Fabrice ^b   Heintz, Christophe ^c   Mascaro, Olivier ^c   Mercier, Hugo ^d   Origgi, Gloria ^e   Wilson, Deirdre ^f  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955934730     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2010.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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