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Economics and Politics

from Part II - Domains of Beliefs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

Julien Musolino
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Rutgers University, New Jersey
Joseph Sommer
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Rutgers University, New Jersey
Pernille Hemmer
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The Cognitive Science of Belief
A Multidisciplinary Approach
, pp. 277 - 350
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Print publication year: 2022

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