Intuition pumps and the proper use of thought experiments

Dialectica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-108

  Brendel, Elke ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 61249419383     PISSN: 00122017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2004.tb00293.x     Document Type: Article

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