Default privilege and bad lots: Underconsideration and explanatory inference

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-105

  Khalifa, Kareem ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77950015058     PISSN: 02698595     EISSN: 14699281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02698590903467135     Document Type: Article

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