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HomePCTBill PowersWhat’s wrong with ‘Behavioral Science’?

What’s wrong with ‘Behavioral Science’?

April 16, 2022 Dag Forssell Bill Powers, Papers, PCT

William T. Powers

Letter to Philip J. Runkel, November 8, 1985

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