Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy

Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780198867937
ISBN-13 : 019886793X
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Book Synopsis Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy by : Ángel J. Gallego

Download or read book Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy written by Ángel J. Gallego and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a critical examination of the cartographic assumption that there is a rich array of functional projections whose hierarchical order is fixed and determined by Universal Grammar. The contributions discuss the nature of these hierarchies and their relation to the central theoretical goal of explanatory adequacy.


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