Verisimilitude: The Third Period

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-29

  Niiniluoto, Ilkka ^a  

^a Department of Philosophy ^*  (Finland)

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EID: 0003066073     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.1.1     Document Type: Review

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