A quantum explanation of everything: Alexander Wendt: Quantum mind and social world: Unifying physical and social ontology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, 354pp, £22.99, US$34.99 PB [Book Review]

Metascience 25 (2):313-315 (2016)
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Book review of Alexander Wendt's Quantum mind and social world: Unifying physical and social ontology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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