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Since the 1960’s, the philosophy of science has paid increasing attention to developing a rational explanation of scientific progress. Science progresses, or so everyone appears to believe (with the possible exception of Paul Feyerabend), but how?
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Vázquez, J. (1996). Scientific Progress. In: Munévar, G. (eds) Spanish Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 186. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0305-0_16
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