Message in the bottle: The constraints of experimentation on model building

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 720-729

  Odenbaugh, Jay ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 35348911266     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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