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The Unificatory Power of Scientific Realism

By: Seungbae Park  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2017-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2182-2875 | Journal ISSN: 0873-626X
Language: English, Portuguese
Page range: 59 - 73
Submitted on: Jan 1, 2017
Accepted on: May 2, 2017
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: University of Lisbon
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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