Events and times: A case study in means-ends metaphysics

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-96

  Hitchcock, Christopher ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnap; Causal models; Events; Kant; Means ends epistemology; Metametaphysics; Metaphysics; Popper; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865417205     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-012-9909-4     Document Type: Article

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