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Book Title: Philosophy Of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering The Demarcation P...
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Name: Philosophy of Pseudoscience : Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Epistemology, General, History
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.7 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Science
Author: Maarten Boudry
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
