Thinking about Mechanisms

Article Properties
  • Language
    English
  • DOI (url)
    10.1086/392759
  • Publication Date
    2000/03/01
  • Journal
    Philosophy of Science
  • Indian UGC (journal)
  • Refrences
    43
  • Citations
    1,292
  • Peter Machamer
  • Lindley Darden
  • Carl F. Craver
Abstract
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Machamer, Peter, et al. “Thinking about Mechanisms”. Philosophy of Science, vol. 67, no. 1, 2000, pp. 1-25, https://doi.org/10.1086/392759.
Machamer, P., Darden, L., & Craver, C. F. (2000). Thinking about Mechanisms. Philosophy of Science, 67(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1086/392759
Machamer, Peter, Lindley Darden, and Carl F. Craver. “Thinking about Mechanisms”. Philosophy of Science 67, no. 1 (2000): 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1086/392759.
Machamer P, Darden L, Craver CF. Thinking about Mechanisms. Philosophy of Science. 2000;67(1):1-25.
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