Projection, symmetry, and natural kinds

Synthese

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3617-3646

  Jantzen, Benjamin C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery; Induction; Natural kinds; Projectibility; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949535348     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-014-0637-5     Document Type: Article

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