On becoming, relativity, and nonseparability

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-604

  Dorato, Mauro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

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EID: 0010208970     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/289978     Document Type: Article

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