Modeling environments: Interactive causation and adaptations to environmental conditions

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 448-471

  Glymour, Bruce ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959435238     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660303     Document Type: Article

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