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On the current status of the issue of scientific realism
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Metadata
- Authors
- Boyd, R.
- Venue
- Erkenntnis
- Published
- 1983-05
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1-3
- ISSN
- 0165-0106 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8420
- OpenAlex
- W4244775270
- Cited by
- 252
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 15.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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