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5 - The Problem of the Empirical Basis in Critical Rationalism

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Gunnar Andersson

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Jeremy Shearmur and

Geoffrey Stokes

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Jeremy Shearmur: Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Geoffrey Stokes: Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Popper , pp. 125 - 142
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9781139046503.005[Opens in a new window]
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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