Kuhn's account of family resemblance: A solution to the problem of wide-open texture

Erkenntnis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-337

  Andersen, Hanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 25644460682     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005546300818     Document Type: Article

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