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Direct Realism and the Brain-in-a-Vat Argument

✍ Scribed by Michael Huemer


Book ID
111884077
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
328 KB
Volume
61
Category
Article
ISSN
0031-8205

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