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Science, Reduction and Natural Kinds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

Leroy N. Meyer
Leroy N. Meyer
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University of South Dakota
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Philosophy , Volume 64 , Issue 250 , October 1989 , pp. 535 - 546
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1989

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13 I am grateful to Herb Granger for his insightful comments, and to George P. Scott for helpful discussions regarding non-equilibrium thermodynamics. This paper is based upon research supported by a grant from the University of South Dakota General Research Fund.