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(1987) The process of science, Dordrecht, Springer.
Philosophers of science often express suspicion of the remarks scientists make about scientific method. These pronouncements, so it is said, often are after-the-fact rationalizations that fail to reflect the real epistemological principles that scientists obey in practice. How often have we heard that if Einstein had been the Machian he sometimes said he was, he never would have discovered the special theory of relativity?
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3519-8_12
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Sober, E. (1987)., Parsimony and the units of selection, in N. J. Nersessian (ed.), The process of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 211-219.