Complexity and truth in educational research

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-157

  Radford, Mike ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Correspondence; Representation; Scepticism; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349136514     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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