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Post Truth, Newspeak and Epidemiological Causality

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  • Jordi Vallverdú

    (Philosophy Department UAB, Catalonia, Spain)

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During December 2017, arose a polemic about some news which showed as Trump administration has secretly banned...

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  • Jordi Vallverdú, 2018. "Post Truth, Newspeak and Epidemiological Causality," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 2(1), pages 2267-2268, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:2:y:2018:i:1:p:2267-2268
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.2.000674
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