The epistemology of spontaneously broken symmetries

Synthese

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-376

  Kosso, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842862968     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005213321366     Document Type: Article

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