The Tragedy of Operationalism

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-44

  Bickhard, Mark H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

logical positivism; operational definition; philosophy of science; positivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044522058     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301111002     Document Type: Article

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