Reduction, Integration, and the Unity of Science: Natural, Behavioral, and Social Sciences and the Humanities

General Philosophy of Science: Focal Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 377-430

  Bechtel, William ^a   Hamilton, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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