Portable causal dependence: A tale of consilience

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 942-951

  Hitchcock, Christopher ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84870360337     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667899     Document Type: Article

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