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The Artifact Problem: A Category and Its Vicissitudes

By: Beth Preston  
Open Access
|Dec 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.86 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2022
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Accepted on: Oct 27, 2022
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Published on: Dec 12, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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