American Public Education, Material Science and Religious beliefs


	American Public Education, Material Science and Religious beliefs

arifsali

10-1-2008 5:03 PM

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religion, science, education, america

arifsali says:

Just wrote this blog post, recommend you read at the source to get the point.

On Pg 103 of Embracing Mind, B. Allan Wallace writes (and I find this interesting on the topic of public education in America).

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