Probabilistic arguments for multiple universes

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-307

  Draper, Kai ^a   Draper, Paul ^b   Pust, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949331293     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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