'The most sacred tenet' causal reasoning in physics

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-474

  Frisch, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 69249091779     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axp029     Document Type: Article

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