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    Peter B. Sloep

  2. Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Sloep, P.B., van der Steen, W.J. Philosophy of biology, faithful or useful?. Biol Philos 6, 93–98 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02426828

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