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Taking stock of the metaphysics of science debate: drawing disciplinary frontiers

Markus Schrenk: Metaphysics of science: a systematic and historical introduction. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017. xv+331pp, $107.95 Cloth, $30.54 PB

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Soto, C. Taking stock of the metaphysics of science debate: drawing disciplinary frontiers. Metascience 26, 257–261 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0182-1

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