Relevance, Not Invariance, Explanatoriness, Not Manipulability: Discussion of Woodward’s Views on Explanatory Relevance
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0031-8248,1539-767X
DOI: 10.1086/674002