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Volume 67, 2024 - Issue 3: Conceptual Engineering and Pragmatism
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Conceptual engineering and pragmatism: historical and theoretical perspectives

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Pages 811-823 | Received 09 Dec 2022, Accepted 11 Dec 2022, Published online: 26 Dec 2022

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