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Simon Friederich: Interpreting Quantum Theory: A Therapeutic Approach

Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015, xiii + 202 pp

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I thank Simon Friederich for illuminating exchange on details of his book.

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Boge, F. Simon Friederich: Interpreting Quantum Theory: A Therapeutic Approach. Erkenn 82, 443–449 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-016-9823-9

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