Meta-scientific eliminativism: A reconsideration of Chomsky's review of Skinner's verbal behavior

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-658

  Collins, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36549043917     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axm041     Document Type: Article

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