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William C. Wimsatt: Re-engineering philosophy for limited beings: piecewise approximations to reality

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Rosenberg, A. William C. Wimsatt: Re-engineering philosophy for limited beings: piecewise approximations to reality. Biol Philos 26, 261–268 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-010-9199-1

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