Functions and mechanisms: A perspectivalist view

Functions: Selection and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 133-158

  Craver, Carl F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5304-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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