Understanding, grasping and luck

Episteme

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Khalifa, Kareem ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85010700209     PISSN: 17423600     EISSN: 17500117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/epi.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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