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Social Epistemology
A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy
Volume 9, 1995 - Issue 3: Knowledge (EX) Change
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Positivist discourse and social scientific communities: Towards an epistemological sociology of science

Pages 233-255 | Published online: 19 Jun 2008

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