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The emperor's new epistemology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Lissa Roberts  and
Michael E. Gorman
Lissa Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of History, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, Electronic mail: [email protected]
Michael E. Gorman
Affiliation:
Division of Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 743 - 744
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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