Clarifying some misunderstandings about social systems and their mechanisms
Philosophy of the Social Sciences 34 (3):371-381 (2004)
| Abstract | The goal of this article is to answer some of the criticisms of my views on social science formulated by contributors to the symposium on my philosophy of social science. Key Words: emergence • mechanism • method • process • understanding. | |||||||||
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