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On Pragmatic and Scientific Explanation: Comments on Achinstein's and Salmon's Papers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Sylvai Bromberger
Sylvai Bromberger*
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Part VII. Scientific Explanation
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1984 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1984 , 1984 , pp. 306 - 325
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Copyright © 1985 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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