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Delusions of empire

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Florida-Tampa, 33520, Tampa, FL

    Stephen Turner (Graduate Research Professor of Philosophy)

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His most recent book wasThe Search for a Methodology of Social Science (Reidel, 1986). He has taught sociology at the University of South Florida, Notre Dame, and Boston University.

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Turner, S. Delusions of empire. Am Soc 21, 290–293 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692430

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