Philosophy, Instinct, Intuition: What Motivates the Scientist in Search of a Theory?

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-101

  Bowler, Peter J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non rational methods; Research strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010864310     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006672807518     Document Type: Article

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