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Plausible Worlds Possibility and Understanding in History and the Social Sciences Geoffrey Hawthorn

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Author: Geoffrey Hawthorn
Date: 01 Mar 1994
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Language: English
Format: Paperback::208 pages
ISBN10: 0521457769
File name: Plausible-Worlds-Possibility-and-Understanding-in-History-and-the-Social-Sciences.pdf
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