Thought experiments

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-347

  Cooper, Rachel ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

James Brown; John Norton; Thomas Kuhn; Thought experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249118435     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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