Review of The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism, by Nicholas Maxwell [Book Review]

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology 23 (3):529–533 (2019)
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This is a review of the book Maxwell, N. 2019. The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism. Springer.

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10.5007/1808-1711.2019v23n3p529

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