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Weininger, S.J. Response to ``Telltale Signs: What Common Explanatory Strategies in Chemistry Reveal About Explanation Itself''. Foundations of Chemistry 6, 45–48 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FOCH.0000020994.23928.4d

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