Counterfactuals, thought experiments, and singular causal analysis in history

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 712-723

  Reiss, Julian ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77249088233     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605826     Document Type: Article

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