Towards a methodology of tendencies

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-284

  van Eeghen, Piet Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Isolating abstraction; Law; Menger; Patterning abstraction; Tendency

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844333005     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501789600000018     Document Type: Article

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