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Asked about the subject matter of the philosophy of science, one might reply: “Nobody knows.” This reminds us of the way B. Russell once characterized mathematics. But while he intended in this, his typical droll manner, to point out the problem of mathematical knowledge, in the present context this answer could be meant quite seriously, i.e., maliciously.
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Stegmüller, W. (1976). Introduction. In: The Structure and Dynamics of Theories . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01671-8_1
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