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The epistemology of belief

✍ Scribed by Fred I. Dretske

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Weight: 1008 KB
Volume: 55
Category: Article
ISSN: 0039-7857
DOI: 10.1007/bf00485371

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