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A Reply to Wright's Analysis of Functional Statements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Michael Ruse
Michael Ruse*
Affiliation:
University of Guelph
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , June 1973 , pp. 277 - 280
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Copyright © 1973 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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