Abstraction and finitude: Education, chance and democracy

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-35

  Smith, Richard ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract; Chance; Contingency; Democracy; Knowingness; Myth; Scepticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646722119     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-006-6436-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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