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Psychical research in the history and philosophy of science. An introduction and review

Sommer, Andreas·2014·Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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Authors
Sommer, A.
Venue
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-12
Volume
48
Pages
38-45
ISSN
1369-8486
Cited by
19
References
1
Language
en
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (grant no. 089723/Z/09/Z)
  • Cedar Creek Institute
  • Perrott-Warrick Fund

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