Beyond reduction and pluralism: Toward an epistemology of explanatory integration in biology

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Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-311

  Brigandt, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 78649319366     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-010-9233-3     Document Type: Article

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