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Tom Sorell. Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science. London: Routledge (1991), xi + 206 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

James Maffie*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati

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