The Foundations of the Universalist Tradition in Color-Naming Research (and Their Supposed Refutation)

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-204

  Dedrick, Don ^a  

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EID: 0037929211     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839319802800201     Document Type: Article

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