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Explanation and Description-Relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Thomas Nickles
Thomas Nickles*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 1973 , pp. 408 - 414
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Copyright © 1973 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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