Imperfect unities of knowledge

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1993 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 362, pages 673-674 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: John Ziman;

doi: 10.1038/362673a0

Imperfect unities of knowledge

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Common Sense, Science and Scepticism: A Historical Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge. By Alan Mus-grave. Cambridge University Press: 1993. Pp. 310. £35, $54.95 (hbk); £12.95, $17.95 (pbk). Reading the Book of Nature: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. By Peter Kosso. Cambridge University Press: 1992. Pp. 198. £22.95, $34.95 (hbk); £7.95, $10.95 (pbk). The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science. By John Dupre. Harvard University Press: 1993. Pp. 308. $35, £27.95.

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