Mathematics, Measurement, Metaphor and Metaphysics I: Implications for Method in Postmodern Science

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 753-790

  Fisher, William P ^a  

^a MetaMetrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

mathematical thinking; measurement; metaphysics; method; positivism; postmodernism

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EID: 0346875907     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354303136002     Document Type: Article

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