Approximate Truth and Dynamical Theories

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-277

  Smith, Peter ^a  

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EID: 0002941788     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.2.253     Document Type: Article

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