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On an Aristotelian Model of Scientific Explanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Timothy McCarthy
Timothy McCarthy*
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The Johns Hopkins University
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , March 1977 , pp. 159 - 166
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Copyright © 1977 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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