Fundamental theories and their empirical patches

Foundations of Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-156

  Berson, Jerome A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical content; Merit of theories; Pragmatic imperatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049147699     PISSN: 13864238     EISSN: 15728463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10698-008-9046-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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