There Are No Such Things as Theories

New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press (2020)
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What is a scientific theory? This book considers this fundamental question by presenting a range of options and the issues they raise. It draws comparisons between theories and artworks and proposes that we should stop thinking of theories as things altogether.

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Q175.F828 2020

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9780198848158   0198848153   9780191882715
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