Pythagoreanism, meaning and the appeal to number

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-251

  Stam, Henderikus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functionalism; Methods; Qualitative; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846576883     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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