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Book Title: Empiricism And The Metatheory Of The Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Social, Sociology / General, Movements / Empiricism, General, Movements / Realism
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, Philosophy
Author: Roy Bhaskar
Item Length: 9.6 in
Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism Ser.
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Hardcover
