Social theory as metaphor On the logic of discovery for the sciences of conduct

Theory and Society 3 (2):169-197 (1976)
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Metaphor.Max Black - 1954-1955 - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 55:273-294.
Models, mathematics and metaphors.R. C. Lewontin - 1963 - Synthese 15 (1):222 - 244.
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