Rational choice, functional selection and empty black boxes

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-57

  Pettit, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Explanation; Functional; Rational; Selection; Virutal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065372587     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135017800362239     Document Type: Article

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