Confirmation and the indispensability of mathematics to science

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Vineberg, Susan ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944446895     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/289959     Document Type: Article

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