Essentialism and the necessity of the laws of nature

Synthese

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Drewery, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21244453160     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-5871-4     Document Type: Article

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