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The rationality of the (lay) scientist: Toward reconciliation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Jonathan E. Adler
Jonathan E. Adler*
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Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1983 , pp. 487 - 488
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