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Discussion Notes

The Inference Rule of Addition and the Semantic View of Scientific Progress: Reply to Mizrahi

Damián Islas MondragónInstituto de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Juarez del Estado de DurangoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 421-425 | Published online: 09 Apr 2019

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