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4th (New, Extended) ed. Paperback trade, good condition, bottom corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 282 pp. Bestselling popular guide to the philosophy of science by Alan (A. F.) Chalmers, an Australian academic philosopher, University of Sydney. This fourth edition, published after a 13-year gap, is much expanded. This edition contains an extensive postscript Identifying the qualitative difference between knowledge of atoms as it figures in contemporary science, and metaphysical speculations about atoms common in philosophy. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 18454

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Alan Chalmers

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