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Joel Best, "Just the Facts: Untangling Contradictory Claims" (U California Press, 2025)

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Why Write About Facts and Social Construction

Best explains his motivation to study facts and argues facts are social agreements shaped by language, conventions, and shared practices like calendars and timekeeping.

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