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A parting shot at misunderstanding: Fuller vs. Kuhn

Steve Fuller, Kuhn vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science. Cambridge: Icon Books; Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2003. Pp. 227. £9.99, A$29.95 HB.

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  1. Science and Technology Studies School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    David Mercer

  2. Jerry Ravetz, 106 Defoe House, Barbican, London, UK

    Jerry Ravetz

  3. Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Stephen P. Turner

  4. Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    Steve Fuller

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Mercer, D., Ravetz, J., Turner, S.P. et al. A parting shot at misunderstanding: Fuller vs. Kuhn. Metascience 14, 3–152 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-004-8089-z

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