A Model-Theoretic Account of Representation (Or, I Don't Know Much about Art... but I Know It Involves Isomorphism)

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1472-1483

  French, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842842915     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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