Bhaskar and bunge on social emergence

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-322

  Kaidesoja, Tuukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bhaskar; Bunge; Emergence; Social ontology; Social structure; Social system

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249085299     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2009.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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