The "Rationality Wars" in Psychology: Where They Are and Where They Could Go

Inquiry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-81

  Sturm, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84856951597     PISSN: 0020174X     EISSN: 15023923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2012.643628     Document Type: Article

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