Problems with the argument from fine tuning

Synthese

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-338

  Colyvan, Mark ^a,b   Garfield, Jay L ^c,d   Priest, Graham ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23944431965     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-6195-0     Document Type: Article

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