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Review of Stuart Glennan, The New Mechanical Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Philippe Huneman
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , October 2020 , pp. 763 - 769
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I am very grateful to Stuart Glennan for his reading and constructive comments and to Michelle Pham for her insightful suggestions and careful editing of this essay.

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