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Though classical and twentieth-century versions of empiricism and rationalism fail in their aims, as does the Kantian attempt at a compromise between those views, there are residues of those views that play important roles in the scientific enterprise. Those residue, and their scientific roles, are examined in this paper.
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Shapere, D. Rationalism and empiricism: A new perspective. Argumentation 2, 299–312 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176969
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176969