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Philip Kitcher, Vaulting Ambition. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press 1985. Pp. xl + 456.

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Philip Kitcher, Vaulting Ambition. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press 1985. Pp. xl + 456.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

John D. Collier*
Affiliation:
Rice University, Houston, TX77251, U.S.A.

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Copyright © The Authors 1987

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