Perspective-Taking and the Attribution of Ignorance

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-200

  Sammut, Gordon ^a   Sartawi, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861005204     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2011.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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