From Explanation to Understanding: Normativity Lost?
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چکیده
منابع مشابه
Normativity and Contrastive Explanation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal for General Philosophy of Science
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0925-4560,1572-8587
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-019-09477-3