In Defense of Phenomenological Approaches to Social Cognition: Interacting with the Critics

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-212

  Gallagher, Shaun ^a,b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871028140     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-011-0080-1     Document Type: Article

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