What do patterns in empirical data tell us about the structure of the world?

Synthese

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-87

  McAllister, James W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical data; Evidence; Noise; Patterns; Phenomena; Structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961032644     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9613-x     Document Type: Article

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