Toward pragmatist methodological relationalism: From philosophizing sociology to sociologizing philosophy

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-329

  Kivinen, Osmo ^a   Piiroinen, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Metaphysics; Pragmatism; Realism; Relationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646560681     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393106289794     Document Type: Article

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