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Van Fraassen on explanation
Journal of Philosophy 84 (6):315-330 (1987)
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Inference to the Best explanation.Peter Lipton - 2004 - In Martin Curd & Stathis Psillos (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science. Routledge. pp. 193.
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