Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 509-539

  Whitcomb, Dennis ^a   Battaly, Heather ^b   Baehr, Jason ^c   Howard Snyder, Daniel ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84940210057     PISSN: 00318205     EISSN: 19331592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpr.12228     Document Type: Article

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