The four faces of omission:ontology, terminology, epistemology, and ethics

Philosophical Explorations

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-293

  Boniolo, Giovanni ^a,b   De Anna, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action; Causation; Omission; Ontology; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347296777     PISSN: 13869795     EISSN: 17415918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13869790600815798     Document Type: Article

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