What is a law of nature? The broken-symmetry story

Southern Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-473

  Balashov, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 60949470080     PISSN: 00384283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2002.tb01912.x     Document Type: Article

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