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Peter Lipton. Inference to the Best Explanation. London: Routledge (1991), x + 194 pp., $49.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Jesse Hobbs
Jesse Hobbs*
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Washington University
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 679 - 680
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1993

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