Discoverers' Induction

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 580-604

  Snyder, Laura J ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/392573     Document Type: Article

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