Defending Conventions as Functionally a Priori Knowledge

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1149-1160

  Stump, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 1842864896     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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