The epistemic/pragmatic dichotomy

Philosophical Explorations

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-232

  Loader, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dialectics; epistemic action; Kirsh and Maglio; pragmatic action

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861753802     PISSN: 13869795     EISSN: 17415918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13869795.2012.670723     Document Type: Article

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