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Karl Popper and the ‘The Problem Of Induction’: A Fresh Look at the Logic of Testing Scientific Theories

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Grattan-Guinness, I. Karl Popper and the ‘The Problem Of Induction’: A Fresh Look at the Logic of Testing Scientific Theories. Erkenntnis 60, 107–120 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ERKE.0000005129.82095.0d

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