Explanatory unification and the early synthesis

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-609

  Plutynski, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 24644452981     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axi124     Document Type: Article

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