I do Believe in Science
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چکیده
This article is an outline of the current issue Filosofija.Sociologija, thematically divided into five sections. Starting from most abstract one and going down to reflections on actualities. Here I try give it a meaningful structure flavour general Zeitgeist residing now in our contemporary academia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Filosofija-sociologija
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0235-7186', '2424-4546']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6001/fil-soc.v33i3.4763