Systemic philosophy and the philosophy of social science - Part I: Transcendence of the naturalistic and the anti-naturalistic position in the philosophy of social science

Kybernetes

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1261-1277

  Johannessen, Jon Arild ^a   Olaisen, Johan ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Philosophy; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344504026     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920510606019     Document Type: Review

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