Theory-confirmation and history

Rationality and Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 31-61

  Worrall, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953247274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4207-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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