[Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science] Beyond Mimesis and Convention Volume 262 || Fiction and Scientific Representation
✍ Scribed by Frigg, Roman; Hunter, Matthew
- Book ID
- 115523092
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 9048138515
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