The miracle of applied mathematics

Synthese

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-278

  Colyvan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0042035484     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010309227321     Document Type: Article

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