On the limits of a realist conception of knowledge: A pragmatist critique of Archerian realism

Sociological Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-241

  Kivinen, Osmo ^a   Piiroinen, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 33646551462     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00611.x     Document Type: Review

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