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Scientific Historiography Revisited: An Essay on the Metaphysics and Epistemology of History

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Aviezer Tucker
Aviezer Tucker
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The Czech Academy of Science
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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , Spring 1998 , pp. 235 - 270
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