Single case probabilities and the social world: The application of Popper's propensity interpretation

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-201

  Williams, Malcolm ^a  

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EID: 0033241606     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00097     Document Type: Review

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