Realism, Relativism, and Evolutionary Psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-487

  Derksen, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

emergence; evolutionary psychology; reconciliation; relativism; rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956001593     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309350245     Document Type: Article

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