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Remarks on Nilson's paper “On the logic of historical explanation”

✍ Scribed by K. Marc-Wogau


Book ID
114916199
Publisher
Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
261 KB
Volume
37
Category
Article
ISSN
1755-2567

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