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In contemporary philosophy, divergent though its manifestations may seem, three main currents can be clearly distinguished: traditional philosophy, irrationalism, and scientific philosophy.
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Such an attempt was recently made by A. Koyré (1946, 1947a). The utter worthlessness of his arguments was quite convincingly demonstrated by Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (1948). Cp. Koyré (1947b).
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Beth, E.W. (1968). Scientific Philosophy: Its Aims and Means. In: Science a Road to Wisdom. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7644-6_4
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