A Modest Proposal for Interpreting Structural Explanations

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-295

  Thalos, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0000961259     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.2.279     Document Type: Article

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