Verisimilitude, structuralism and scientific progress

Erkenntnis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-47

  Zamora Bonilla, Jesùs P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0345864125     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00172852     Document Type: Article

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