The Structure of Causal Evidence Based on Eliminative Induction

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Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-435

  Pietsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causality; Eliminative induction; Engineering design; Evidence; Exploratory experimentation; Method of difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894250463     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-013-9190-y     Document Type: Article

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