Understanding, knowledge, and scientific antirealism

Grazer Philosophische Studien

Volumn 83, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-112

  Khalifa, Kareem ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84856801021     PISSN: 01659227     EISSN: 18756735     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789401200721_006     Document Type: Article

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