Mechanisms revisited

Synthese

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-427

  Woodward, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference making; Interventionist theory of causation; Mechanism; Perception of causation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255126287     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-9870-3     Document Type: Article

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