Constructive empiricism and modal nominalism

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-422

  Monton, Bradley ^a   Van Fraassen, Bas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442624479     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/54.3.405     Document Type: Review

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