Credible worlds, capacities and mechanisms

Erkenntnis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-27

  Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58949092488     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-008-9134-x     Document Type: Article

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