From metaphysics to method: Comments on manipulability and the causal Markov condition

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-218

  Cartwright, Nancy ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644973867     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axi156     Document Type: Review

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