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4 - Popper’s Philosophy of Science: Looking Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

Jeremy Shearmur
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Australian National University, Canberra
Geoffrey Stokes
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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