EMU and inference: What the explanatory model of scientific understanding ignores

European Journal for Philosophy of Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-74

  Newman, Mark ^a  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanation; Explanatory model of scientific understanding; Inferential model of scientific understanding; Scientific understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893849207     PISSN: 18794912     EISSN: 18794920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-013-0075-0     Document Type: Article

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