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A note on incongruent counterparts and verisimilitude

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  1. Department of Philosophy Logic and Scientific Method, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE, GB-London, England

    John W. N. Watkins

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Watkins, J.W.N. A note on incongruent counterparts and verisimilitude. Erkenntnis 26, 295–300 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192199

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