Galileo and the Indispensability of Scientific Thought Experiment

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-424

  Gendler, Tamar Szabó ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038443499     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.3.397     Document Type: Article

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