What is epistemological thinking and why does it matter?

Personal Epistemology: The Psychology of Beliefs about Knowledge and Knowing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 121-144

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a   Weinstock, Michael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84917483019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203424964     Document Type: Chapter

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