Paracetamol, poison, and polio: Why Boorse's account of function fails to distinguish health and disease

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-264

  Kingma, Elselijn ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 77952840919     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axp034     Document Type: Article

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