Grasping at Realist Straws

Juha Saatsi; Stathis Psillos; Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther; Kyle Stanford

Grasping at Realist Straws [Book Review]

Juha Saatsi, Stathis Psillos, Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther & Kyle Stanford

Metascience 18 (3):355-390 (2009)

Authors	Juha Saatsi University of Leeds Rasmus Winther University of California, Santa Cruz Kyle Stanford University of California, Irvine 1 more Stathis Psillos University of Athens
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DOI	10.1007/s11016-009-9299-1
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