Who's Afraid of Nagelian Reduction?

Erkenntnis

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-412

  Dizadji Bahmani, Foad ^a   Frigg, Roman ^a   Hartmann, Stephan ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78649324557     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-010-9239-x     Document Type: Article

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