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Mysteries of morality
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Metadata
- Authors
- DeScioli, P., & Kurzban, R.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 281-299
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2109428924
- Cited by
- 264
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 10.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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