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Philosophy of Science Between the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities: Introduction

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This introduction provides a detailed summary of all papers of the special issue on the second conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science: GWP.2016.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS), University of Duesseldorf, Room: 24.52/01.24, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Christian J. Feldbacher-Escamilla, Alexander Gebharter & Gerhard Schurz

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Feldbacher-Escamilla, C.J., Gebharter, A. & Schurz, G. Philosophy of Science Between the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities: Introduction. J Gen Philos Sci 48, 317–326 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-017-9378-8

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