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Gasparatou, R. (2017). On “the Temptation to Attack Common Sense”. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_403
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