The dual foundation of qualitative truth approximation

Erkenntnis

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-179

  Kuipers, Theo A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 53149141707     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005309831490     Document Type: Article

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