The ontological distinction between units and entities

Synthese

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-401

  Cooper, Gordon ^a   Humphry, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Count of entities; Epistemology; Measurements; Ontology; Quantity; Units

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865566504     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9832-1     Document Type: Article

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