Irrational: At the moment

Synthese

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-183

  Weiss, Jie W ^a   Weiss, David J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday decisions; MAU model; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859922520     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0112-0     Document Type: Article

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