Groups as Epistemic Communities: Social Forces and Affect as Antecedents to Knowledge

Social Epistemology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-20

  Vähämaa, Miika ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epistemic Judgment; Group Knowledge; Social Psychology of Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875960631     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2012.760660     Document Type: Article

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