Realism and anti-realism in the philosophy of psychiatry
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Realism and Anti-realism in the Philosophy of Psychiatry1
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عنوان ژورنال: Theoria, Beograd
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0351-2274,2406-081X
DOI: 10.2298/theo1202013g