Forces and causes in Kant's early pre-Critical writings

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-27

  Watkins, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force, causality; Kant; Leibniz; Pre Critical; Wolff

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037374458     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(02)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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