The role of dispositions in explanations

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 19, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Vicente, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispositions; Exclusion problems; Explanation; Teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949494339     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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