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Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of Quantification, ed. C. Newfield, A. Alexandrova and S. John. University of Chicago Press, 2022, 317 pages.

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Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of Quantification, ed. C. Newfield, A. Alexandrova and S. John. University of Chicago Press, 2022, 317 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2023

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , November 2024 , pp. 737 - 743
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