Aggregativity: Reductive heuristics for finding emergence

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Wimsatt, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 24944560195     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392615     Document Type: Article

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