The Value of Scientific Understanding

Philosophica 51 (1993)
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery.Karl Popper - 1959 - Studia Logica 9:262-265.
The Structure of Science.Ernest Nagel - 1961 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 17 (2):275-275.
Studies in the logic of explanation.Carl Gustav Hempel & Paul Oppenheim - 1948 - Philosophy of Science 15 (2):135-175.

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