An epistemic defense of rationality in specific knowledge

2000
Açar, Halilrahman
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Rationalism, Objectivity, Truth, Progress, Knowledge, Theory of
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/3629
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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H. Açar, “An epistemic defense of rationality in specific knowledge,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2000.
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