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Science, Explanatory Theory, and Environment-Behavior Studies

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Theoretical Perspectives in Environment-Behavior Research

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This metatheoretical paper is in two major parts, the first dealing with scientific theory in general, the other with theory in Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) based largely on a preliminary synthesis of my own work.

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Rapoport, A. (2000). Science, Explanatory Theory, and Environment-Behavior Studies. In: Wapner, S., Demick, J., Yamamoto, T., Minami, H. (eds) Theoretical Perspectives in Environment-Behavior Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4701-3_10

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