A glimpse of the secret connexion: Harmonizing mechanisms with counterfactuals

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-319

  Psillos, Stathis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 55649089535     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1063614042795426     Document Type: Article

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