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A rich resource on scientific knowledge

Kevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis: What is scientific knowledge? An introduction to contemporary epistemology of science. New York: Routledge, 2019, 328 pp, £ 120 HB

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Shaw, J. A rich resource on scientific knowledge. Metascience 29, 187–191 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-020-00500-8

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