Thinking Off Your Feet

How Empirical Psychology Vindicates Armchair Philosophy

Michael Strevens

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$39.95 • £31.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674986527

Publication Date: 01/07/2019

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360 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Michael Strevens is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.

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