No Refuge for Realism: Selective Confirmation and the History of Science

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 913-925

  Stanford, P Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842842956     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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