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Toward Better Beliefs

from Part III - Variation in 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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Rutgers University, New Jersey
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The Cognitive Science of Belief
A Multidisciplinary Approach
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