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Professor Jon Elster FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1991
Subjects
Philosophy
Sections
Philosophy
Website
http://philosophy.columbia.edu/directories/faculty/jon-elster

Current post

Robert K Merton Professor of Social Science, Columbia University

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