The seven strategies of the sophisticated pseudo-scientist: A look into freud's rhetorical tool box

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 329-350

  Derksen, Anthony A ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Freud; Humble empiricism; Pseudo science; Rhetorical strategies; Sophisticated pseudo scientist

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944487920     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013100717113     Document Type: Review

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