Weighted explanations in history

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-96

  Northcott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Explanation; History; Interaction; Proximate; Underlying

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949099145     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393107311045     Document Type: Article

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