A note on scientific essentialism, laws of nature, and counterfactual conditionals

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-241

  Lange, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 48949101642     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713659835     Document Type: Article

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