Tropes as mechanisms

Foundations of Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-393

  Persson, Johannes ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causation; Explanation; Law of nature; Mechanisms; Tropes; Universals

Indexed keywords

CAUSATION; EXPLANATION; LAW OF NATURE; TROPES; UNIVERSALS;

MECHANISMS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 31044447243     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-004-5247-0     Document Type: Article

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