Social construction and the concept of race

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1208-1219

  Machery, Edouard ^a   Faucher, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33947359001     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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