Chance, experimental reproducibility, and mechanistic regularity

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-271

  Baetu, Tudor M ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

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EID: 84894422483     PISSN: 02698595     EISSN: 14699281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02698595.2013.825492     Document Type: Article

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