Closed models and open systems

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-306

  Loasby, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Connections; Imagination; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345272139     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178032000110864     Document Type: Review

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