The Division of Cognitive Labor

1990/01/01 by Philip Kitcher · 762 citations
Health Professions · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Arithmetic #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Digital Economy and Work Transformation #Division (mathematics) #Division of labour #Employment and Welfare Studies #Law #Mathematics #Neuroscience #Political science #Psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/2026796

published in The Journal of Philosophy 87(1), 5 (Philosophy Documentation Center)

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