Positivism, popper and paradigms: An introductory essay in the philosophy of science

Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical Perspectives on Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-18

  McNamee, Mike ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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