Functional thought experiments

Synthese

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 379-387

  Borsboom, Denny ^a   Mellenbergh, Gideon J ^a   Van Heerden, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33751100908     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014840616403     Document Type: Article

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