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The Purpose of Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Richard Purtill*
Affiliation:
Western Washington State College

Abstract

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Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © 1970 The Philosophy of Science Association

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References

[1] Morgenbesser, S., “The Explanatory-Predictive Approach to Science,” in Philosophy of Science: The Delaware Symposium, vol. 1 (ed. Baumrin, B.), J. Wiley and Sons, New York, 1963.Google Scholar
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