The pasts

History and Theory

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-339

  Roth, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antirealism; Danto; Goldstein; Hacking; historical realism; irrealism; Mink

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867202611     PISSN: 00182656     EISSN: 14682303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2012.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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