Graded causation and defaults

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 413-457

  Halpern, Joseph Y ^a   Hitchcock, Christopher ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84949899533     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axt050     Document Type: Article

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