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Robustness, solidity, and multiple determinations

Léna Soler, Emiliano Trizio, Thomas Nickles and William Wimsatt (eds): Characterizing the robustness of science: After the practice turn in philosophy of science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol. 292. Dordrecht: Springer, 2012, 372pp, €149.75 HB

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Coko, K., Schickore, J. Robustness, solidity, and multiple determinations. Metascience 22, 681–683 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-013-9750-1

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