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If genes exist, then theories and models exist

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

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Pincock, C. If genes exist, then theories and models exist. Metascience 30, 3–8 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-021-00614-7

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