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Ceteris Paribus Laws and the Human Sciences

By: Rui Silva  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2012-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2182-2875 | Journal ISSN: 0873-626X
Language: English, Portuguese
Page range: 851 - 867
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: University of Lisbon
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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