When functions and causes compete

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Heussen, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal discounting; Concepts; Explanation; Functional explanation; Properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955970902     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2010.512145     Document Type: Article

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