Appraising models nonrepresentationally

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 850-861

  Grüne Yanoff, Till ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84891910889     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673893     Document Type: Article

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