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2 - A Sociological/Philosophical Perspective on Expertise: The Acquisition of Expertise through Socialization

from Part I - Introduction and Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

By
Harry Collins  and
Robert Evans
Edited by
K. Anders Ericsson ,
Robert R. Hoffman ,
Aaron Kozbelt  and
A. Mark Williams
K. Anders Ericsson
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Robert R. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Aaron Kozbelt
Affiliation:
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
A. Mark Williams
Affiliation:
University of Utah
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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance , pp. 21 - 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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