An alternative to conceptual analysis in the function debate

Monist

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-153

  Schwartz, Peter H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5840/monist20048713     Document Type: Article

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