Book Reviews : Daniel Little, Varieties of Social Explanation: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Science. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1991. pp. vii, 258. $19.95. John Holmwood and Alexander Stewart. Explanation and Social Theory. Lon don : MacMillan, 1991. pp. x, 244. $49.95 [Book Review]

Philosophy of the Social Sciences 24 (2):252-256 (1994)
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