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The Nature of Scientific Statements, Laws

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We Want to consider more closely the logic of the statements which occur in an explanation and function as axioms. With respect to these we need to answer the following questions: (a) what is their form? (b) what do they mean?

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    Louis O. Kattsoff

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Kattsoff, L.O. (1957). The Nature of Scientific Statements, Laws. In: Physical Science and Physical Reality. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6048-5_5

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