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III - Pathways to Insight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2024

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Carola Salvi ,
Jennifer Wiley  and
Steven M. Smith
Carola Salvi
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John Cabot University, Rome
Jennifer Wiley
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University of Illinois, Chicago
Steven M. Smith
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Texas A & M University
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The Emergence of Insight , pp. 113 - 180
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