Distributed Cognition in Scientific Contexts

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-33

  Cheon, Hyundeuk ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Extended cognition; External representation; Ronald Giere; Scientific cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899453382     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-013-9226-4     Document Type: Article

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