What is this thing called “Efficacy”?

Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Philosophical Theory and Scientific Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 185-206

  Cartwright, Nancy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85012188441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511812880.016     Document Type: Chapter

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