The Comprehensibility of the Universe: A New Conception of Science

The Comprehensibility of the Universe: A New Conception of Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-332

  Maxwell, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowability; Metaphysical assumptions; Science; Scientific knowledge; Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921957055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199261550.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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