The virtues of nussbaum's essentialism

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Moody Adams, Michele M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Cultures; Essentialism; Relativism; Social criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049446016     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9973.00098     Document Type: Article

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