Against the contrastive account of singular causation

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-143

  Steglich Petersen, Asbjørn ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84856849516     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axr024     Document Type: Article

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