Reckoning the shape of everything: Underdetermination and cosmotopology

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 541-557

  Magnus, P D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 24644469938     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axi127     Document Type: Article

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