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Part I - Decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

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James Laidlaw ,
Barbara Bodenhorn  and
Martin Holbraad
James Laidlaw
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Barbara Bodenhorn
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Martin Holbraad
Affiliation:
University College London
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Recovering the Human Subject
Freedom, Creativity and Decision
 , pp. 51 - 112
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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