Kinds, essences, powers

Ratio

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 420-436

  Mumford, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60949511222     PISSN: 00340006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2005.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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