Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance?

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Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance? / Bortolotti, Lisa; Sullivan-Bissett, Ema.

In: Synthese, 28.09.2019.

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Bortolotti, L & Sullivan-Bissett, E 2019, 'Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance?', Synthese. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02414-3

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Bortolotti, L., & Sullivan-Bissett, E. (2019). Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance? Synthese. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02414-3

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Bortolotti L, Sullivan-Bissett E. Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance? Synthese. 2019 Sep 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02414-3

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Bortolotti, Lisa ; Sullivan-Bissett, Ema. / Is choice blindness a case of self-ignorance?. In: Synthese. 2019.

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