Understanding, explanation, and intelligibility: Henk de Regt: Understanding scientific understanding. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, xii+301pp, £ 47.99HB [Book Review]

Metascience (1):57-60 (2018)
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Review of Henk de Regt's "Understanding Scientific Understanding"

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