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Harvey R. Brown and Rom Harré. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press (1988), vii + 190 pp., $49.95.

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C. A. Hooker
C. A. Hooker*
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University of Newcastle
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 324 - 329
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Copyright © 1991 The Philosophy of Science Association

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