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Pluto's Republic

P. B. Medawar

1982351 pagesabout 5–8 hours
1982
first published
  • 1982Oxford University Press · 351 pages · ENGISBN 9780192177261
  • 1984Oxford University Press · 351 pages · ENGISBN 9780192830395
  • Oxford University Press, 1983, c1982. · 351 pages · ENG

This is a truly extraordinary introduction to the philosophy of science by a real practitioner. Even though some 'professional' philosophers of science may object to Medawar's use of Popper's theories (about which they have already a settled, and mostly negative, opinion), the fact that the author really knows, and knows from the inside, how science works offsets any weak points in the book - and there are very few such points.

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