On "social sciences" and science

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-478

  Bolacchi, Giulio ^a  

^a AILUN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviorism; Cognitivism; Experimental method; Function; Integration in social science; Internal states; Levels of abstraction; Neuroscience; Paradigm; Semantic homogeneity; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748973775     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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