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As may be gathered from its sub-title, the central theme of this book is an examination of the meanings which have been or may be given to the word ‘truth' in relation to recent developments in physics.
Science and the Meanings of Truth
Studies Introductory to asking What is meant to-day by Physical Explanation of Nature, by Mechanisms of Cause and Effect, and by a Claim that Scientific Knowledge is True. By Dr. Martin Johnson. Pp. 179. (London : Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1946.) 12s. 6d. net.
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CROMBIE, A. Science and the Meanings of Truth. Nature 162, 46 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162046a0
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