The paradox of conceptual novelty and Galileo's use of experiments

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 864-875

  Van Dyck, Maarten ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

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EID: 33947420402     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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