Realism and Antirealism About Economics

Philosophy of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-24

  Mäki, Uskali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51676-3.50001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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