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Essentially Contested Concepts

Author(s): W. B. GallieSource: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, New Series, Vol. 56 (1955 - 1956), pp. 167-198Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Aristotelian SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4544562

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