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James Robert Brown. The Rational and the Social. London, New York: Routledge (1989), ix + 198 pp., $45.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Steven Shapin
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 712 - 713
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Copyright © 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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