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Realism Without the Real

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Larry Laudan*
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Science and Society, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Abstract

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Type
Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1984

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Footnotes

This research was made possible by a Sustained Development Grant from EVIST, supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Foundation for the Humanities.

References

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