Causes without mechanisms: Experimental regularities, physical laws, and neuroscientific explanation

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 995-1007

  Weber, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 62749186355     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/594541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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