Preservative Realism and Its Discontents: Revisiting Caloric

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 902-912

  Chang, Hasok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842853870     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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