Philosophical implications of inflationary cosmology

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-67

  Knobe, Joshua ^a   Olum, Ken D ^b   Vilenkin, Alexander ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644974246     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axi155     Document Type: Review

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