Explanation is a genus: An essay on the varieties of scientific explanation

Synthese

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 317-354

  Thalos, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33646536588     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014841517312     Document Type: Article

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