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Dasein's revenge: methodological solipsism as an unsuccessful escape strategy in psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Hubert L. Dreyfus
Hubert L. Dreyfus
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Department of Philosophy, University of california, Berkeley, calif. 94720
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 78 - 79
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