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Delusions, Modernist Epistemology and Irrational Belief

  1. Dominic Murphy*

Article first published online: 1 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/mila.12012

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Mind & Language

Mind & Language

Volume 28, Issue 1, pages 113–124, February 2013

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Murphy, D. (2013), Delusions, Modernist Epistemology and Irrational Belief. Mind & Language, 28: 113–124. doi: 10.1111/mila.12012

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  1. Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney

* Address for correspondence: Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Email: dominic.murphy@sydney.edu.au

  1. This paper was delivered in this form at a Macquarie University symposium on Jennifer Radden's On Delusion. I am grateful to Jennifer for writing the book, to Max Coltheart for organising the symposium, for my co-symposiasts and a referee for Mind & Language for their comments.

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