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A Present-Day Veil The Fiction of Completeness

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What does the Veil know?

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To burst into the house without much ado, TU blurt out our keyword right away: search engine.

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Sachs, H. (2009). A Present-Day Veil The Fiction of Completeness. In: Meyer, E., Liska, V. (eds) What does the Veil know?. Edition Voldemeer. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99290-6_5

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