Mechanisms, types, and abstractions

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 941-954

  Overton, James A ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84855521626     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662274     Document Type: Article

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