A naturalistic ontology for mechanistic explanations in the social sciences

Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 64-77

  Sperber, Dan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84925627971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921315.004     Document Type: Chapter

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