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A new perspective on objectivity and conventionalism

Talal A. Debs, Michael L. G. Redhead: Objectivity, invariance and convention: symmetry in physical science, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007, pp. ix + 194. £24.95, €34.00, US$39.35

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  1. The authors thank Alana Yu for invaluable comments on the structure and style of the paper.

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  1. National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 V. Konstantinou Ave, 116 35, Athens, Greece

    Antigone M. Nounou

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Rome 3, Rome, Italy

    Mauro Dorato

  3. Theoretical Philosophy Unit, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Sebastian Lutz

  4. Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Stephan Hartmann

  5. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, Lakatos Building, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK

    Talal A. Debs & Michael L. G. Redhead

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Nounou, A.M., Dorato, M., Lutz, S. et al. A new perspective on objectivity and conventionalism. Metascience 19, 3–27 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-010-9321-7

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