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“The Metaphysics of Science”

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IN his essay on my Riddell Lectures in Nature of February 25, p. 369, Dr. C. K. Grant has quoted fairly and amply from what I have said; but some of his own contributions are, I am afraid, more likely to obscure than to clarify the problem. There are two basic questions.

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KAPP, R. “The Metaphysics of Science”. Nature 177, 997–998 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177997b0

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