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Do extraordinary claims really require extraordinary evidence?
In K. Frazier (ed.), Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience. Prometheus (2009)
Abstract
To what extend does David Hume's argument about miracles inform modern skepticism about pseudoscience?My notes
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