The social functions of explicit coherence evaluation

Mind and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Mercier, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Dual process; Epistemic vigilance; Social mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861772333     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-011-0095-4     Document Type: Review

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