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The metaphysics of science: An account of modern science in terms of principles, laws and theories [Book Review]
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 23 (2):228 – 232 (2009)
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This is a review of Craig Dilworth's The Metaphysics of Science (Dordrecht, Springer, 2007). The book propounds an immensely important idea. Science makes metaphysical presuppositions. Unfortunately, Dilworth ignores work that has been done on this issue which takes the matter much further than he does.Author's Profile
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From knowledge to wisdom: a revolution in the aims and methods of science.Nicholas Maxwell - 1984 - Oxford: Blackwell.
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