Social Cognition and the Problem of Other Minds

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 33-46

  Shook, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive Control; Folk Psychology; Mental Phenomenon; Social Cognition; Social Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889674774     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4473-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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