Archival ethics: The truth of the matter
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چکیده
The task of the philosopher is neither to belittle truth nor to exalt it, neither to deny it nor to defend it, but to explain why we need the concept and what it is to possess it. (Dummett, 2004, p. 116)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JASIST
دوره 59 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008