The topography of historical contingency

Journal of the Philosophy of History

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Inkpen, Rob ^a   Turner, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

contingency; necessity; scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860012642     PISSN: 1872261X     EISSN: 18722636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187226312X625573     Document Type: Review

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