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On an Aristotelian Model of Scientific Explanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Timothy McCarthy*
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

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Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © 1977 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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