Concepts and culture

The Making of Human Concepts

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ross, Norbert ^a   Tidwell, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Cognition; Concepts; Cultural change; Culture

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EID: 79955639733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549221.003.07     Document Type: Chapter

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