Hacking's historical epistemology: A critique of styles of reasoning

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-173

  Kusch, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alistair Crombie; Historical epistemology; Ian Hacking; Relativism; Sociology of scientific knowledge; Styles of reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953364373     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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