Non-defensible Middle Ground for Experimental Realism: Why We Are Justified to Believe in Colored Quarks

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-60

  Massimi, Michela ^a  

^a GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442481782     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381412     Document Type: Review

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