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Comments on Ernan McMullin's “The Impact of Newton's Principia on the Philosophy of Science”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

George E. Smith
George E. Smith*
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Philosophy Department, Tufts University
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†Send requests for reprints to the author, Philosophy Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155–7059; email: [email protected].
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 327 - 338
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