Against alief

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-211

  Mandelbaum, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alief; Association; Belief; Inference; Propositional structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880610079     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-012-9930-7     Document Type: Article

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