On the epistemic costs of implicit bias

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-63

  Gendler, Tamar Szabó ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052926819     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-011-9801-7     Document Type: Article

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