Culture, cognitive pluralism and rationality

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-382

  Evers, Colin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognitive pluralism; Culture; Justificatory conditions for trans cultural rationality; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924438276     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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