Mechanisms and constitutive relevance

Synthese

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-388

  Couch, Mark B ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacities; Constitutive relevance; Craver; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255140461     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-011-9882-z     Document Type: Article

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