Functional stability and systems level causation

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 809-820

  Strand, Anders ^a   Oftedal, Gry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 77249087188     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605811     Document Type: Article

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