Clarifying some misunderstandings about social systems and their mechanisms

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-381

  Bunge, Mario ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergence; Mechanism; Method; Process; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344701214     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393104266860     Document Type: Review

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