Beyond pragmatism: The value of philosophical discourse for physical geography

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 760-771

  Rhoads, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00176     Document Type: Article

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