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Book Title: When Words Are Called For: A Defense Of Ordinary Language Ph...
Item Length: 9.5in
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Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Avner Baz
Publication Name: When Words Are Called for : a Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages