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A Puzzle Concerning D-N Explanation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Evan K. Jobe
Evan K. Jobe*
Affiliation:
Texas Tech University
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , December 1976 , pp. 542 - 549
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Copyright © 1976 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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My thinking on this topic has benefitted from discussion with my former colleagues, Joseph Kupfer and William Robinson of Iowa State University.

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