Let's get real: The fallacy of post-modernism

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-32

  Matthews, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0003745953     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0091169     Document Type: Article

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