Putting the Irrelevance Back into the Problem of Irrelevant Conjunction

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 611-622

  Fitelson, Branden ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0442264194     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344624     Document Type: Review

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