Evaluating Google as an epistemic tool

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 426-445

  Simpson, Thomas W ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Google; knowledge; personalisation; search engine; social epistemology; testimony; Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864208462     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: 14679973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2012.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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