Simple Theories of a Messy World: Truth and Explanatory Power in Nonlinear Dynamics

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-112

  Rueger, Alexander ^a   David Sharp, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0010997761     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/47.1.93     Document Type: Article

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