Model selection in Science: The problem of language variance

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-102

  Forster, Malcolm R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0041029856     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/50.1.83     Document Type: Article

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