Darwinism, causality and the social sciences

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-194

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Darwinism; Determinism; Emergent properties; Evolution; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042638518     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780410001694118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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