Data and phenomena: A restatement and defense

Synthese

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-179

  Woodward, James F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data; Inductive inference; Phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961024968     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9618-5     Document Type: Article

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