Invariance, modularity, and all that: Cartwright on causation

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 198-237

  Woodward, James ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203895467     Document Type: Chapter

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