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The achievements of modern science and technology are so impressive and influential that there is sometimes a tendency to think that all problems can be solved by the scientific method, and that any problems that cannot be so resolved are meaningless pseudo-problems.
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Hodgson, P.E. (1979). Presuppositions and Limits of Science. In: Radnitzky, G., Andersson, G. (eds) The Structure and Development of Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9459-1_5
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