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Al and cargo cult science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

James Moor
James Moor
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Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 03755
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 544 - 545
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