Does the truth matter in science?

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-183

  Lipton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Karl Popper; Methodology; Philosophy of science; Science; Thomas Kuhn; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049343223     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022205051965     Document Type: Article

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