The philosophy of personal epistemology

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 334-350

  Holma, Katariina ^a   Hyytinen, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empirical; epistemology; fallibilism; personal epistemology; philosophical; relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946920903     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: 17413192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878515606608     Document Type: Article

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