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Constructive empiricism revisited

Paul Dicken: Constructive empiricism: Epistemology and the philosophy of science. London: Palgrave-McMillan, 2011, 288pp, $85.00 HB

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Alspector-Kelly, M. Constructive empiricism revisited. Metascience 21, 187–191 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-011-9574-9

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