Mechanical Rationality: Jevons and the Making of Economic Man

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-619

  Maas, Harro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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