Explanatory independence and epistemic interdependence: A case study of the optimality approach

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-233

  Potochnik, Angela ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77249148926     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axp022     Document Type: Article

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