Beyond the Fact/Value Distinction: Ethical Naturalism and the Social Sciences

Society

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 543-553

  Gorski, Philip S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888043326     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-013-9709-2     Document Type: Editorial

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