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Book Title: Scepsis Scientifica : Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinion (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Epistemology, General
Item Height: 0.6 in
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Genre: Philosophy, Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Joseph Glanvill
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
