Expanding the situationist challenge to responsibilist virtue epistemology

Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 247, 2012, Pages 223-249

  Alfano, Mark ^a  

^a Notre Dame University   (Australia)

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EID: 84859110805     PISSN: 00318094     EISSN: 14679213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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