Synthese

, Volume 97, Issue 2, pp 161–181 | Cite as

Scientific innovation and the limits of social scientific prediction

  • Alex Rosenberg
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Scientific Innovation Scientific Prediction 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Alex Rosenberg
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  1. 1.Department of PhilosophyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideUSA

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