On the significance of permutation symmetry

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-347

  Huggett, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0012456361     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/50.3.325     Document Type: Article

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