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Are there really no such things as theories?

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

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  1. I use angle brackets to denote propositions and single quotation marks to denote sentences.

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Many thanks to James Norton for very helpful comments on, and discussions about, an earlier draft.

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  2. Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway

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Dellsén, F. Are there really no such things as theories?. Metascience 30, 17–21 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-021-00613-8

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