Indispensability and explanation
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Publication:2944384
DOI10.1093/BJPS/AXS026zbMATH Open1319.00008OpenAlexW2098286256MaRDI QIDQ2944384FDOQ2944384
Authors: Sorin Bangu 
Publication date: 2 September 2015
Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axs026
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