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Materialism: A Historical And Philosophical Inquiry

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Book Title: Materialism : a Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

Number of Pages: 142 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Year: 2019

Topic: General, Physics / General

Item Height: 0.4 in

Genre: Philosophy, Science

Item Weight: 10.3 Oz

Item Length: 7.8 in

Author: James Ladyman, Robin Brown

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