Critical notice presentism and relativity

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-346

  Balashov, Yuri ^a   Janssen, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 3843084849     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/54.2.327     Document Type: Review

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