Incredible worlds, credible results

Erkenntnis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-131

  Kuorikoski, Jaakko ^a   Lehtinen, Aki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 58949104592     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-008-9140-z     Document Type: Article

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