Why Constructive Relativity Fails
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Publication:5302228
DOI10.1093/bjps/axn046zbMath1154.83300OpenAlexW1978367987MaRDI QIDQ5302228
Publication date: 6 January 2009
Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/2672/1/Constructive_Relativity.pdf
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