Mechanisms, Modularity and Constitutive Explanation

Erkenntnis

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-380

  Kuorikoski, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84870462333     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-012-9389-0     Document Type: Article

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