Splitting concepts

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-409

  Piccinini, Gualtiero ^a   Scott, Sam ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 34547435699     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516806     Document Type: Article

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