Discipline | Philosophy |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Meg Beyer, Cayla Clinkenbeard, Joel de Lara, and Erik Zimmerman |
Publication details | |
History | 1972–present |
Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (United States) |
Frequency | Biannual |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Grad. Fac. Philos. J. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0093-4240 (print) 2153-9197 (web) |
LCCN | 74-642242 |
OCLC no. | 2546864 |
Links | |
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