God, fine-tuning, and the problem of old evidence

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 405-424

  Monton, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 33745465818     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axl008     Document Type: Article

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