An Aristotelian critique of situationism

Philosophy

Volumn 83, Issue 323, 2008, Pages 55-76

  Kristjánsson, Kristján ^a,b  

^a University of Akureyiri

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 62149139379     PISSN: 00318191     EISSN: 1469817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031819108000302     Document Type: Article

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