Social capacities

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 265-288

  Reiss, Julian ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051539106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203895467     Document Type: Chapter

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