Chemicals as instruments a language game

Hyle

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-61

  Cerruti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical substances; Chemicals; Epistemology of solvents; Instruments; Language game; Physical phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749155928     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: 14335158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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