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Kitcher, Philip
Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514583-0 |
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doi:10.1093/0195145836.003.0006
Abstract: Truth is one goal for the sciences. But the whole truth cannot be our goal. Hence there is an issue about which truths we aim for in inquiry. This chapter argues that any way of resolving that issue must depend on us and on our values.
Keywords: scientific truth, unity of science, 
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