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On French on theories and representation

Steven French: There are no such things as theories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, 288 pp, £55.00

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Lutz, S. On French on theories and representation. Metascience 30, 9–15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-021-00612-9

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