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What is science? What does it aim to do? These are probably two of the most important general questions that can be asked about science. It is in attempting to formulate answers to these questions that many detailed discussions in this area of philosophy arise.
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Pinchin, C. (2005). The Philosophy of Science. In: Issues in Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376588_6
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