Varieties and vagaries of historical explanation

Journal of the Philosophy of History

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-226

  Roth, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Events; Historical explanation; Narrative; Natural science; Philosophy of history; Positivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449201867     PISSN: 1872261X     EISSN: 18722636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187226308X315040     Document Type: Review

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