The experimenters' regress: From skepticism to argumentation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-152

  Godin, Benoît ^a   Gingras, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Philosophy of science; Scientific controversies; Skepticism; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036170482     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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