Unexpected a posteriori necessary laws of nature

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-548

  Bird, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61149606599     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048400500338799     Document Type: Article

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