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... follows , I shall argue that this is a considerable confusion . What has traditionally been called ' the unity of science ' is a much stronger , and much less plausible , thesis than the generality of physics . If this is true it is ...
... follows , I shall argue that this is a considerable confusion . What has traditionally been called ' the unity of science ' is a much stronger , and much less plausible , thesis than the generality of physics . If this is true it is ...
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... follows from the laws of a special science ( and a statement of initial conditions ) will follow equally from a theory which consists only of physics and the bridge laws ( together with the statement of initial conditions ) . Finally ...
... follows from the laws of a special science ( and a statement of initial conditions ) will follow equally from a theory which consists only of physics and the bridge laws ( together with the statement of initial conditions ) . Finally ...
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... follows from ' He is a bachelor ' follows from ' He is an unmarried man ' and vice versa . ( This will be assured by the assumption that inferential operations are sensitive only to the message representation of a senter.ce ; i.e. , the ...
... follows from ' He is a bachelor ' follows from ' He is an unmarried man ' and vice versa . ( This will be assured by the assumption that inferential operations are sensitive only to the message representation of a senter.ce ; i.e. , the ...
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