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Hepburn, Brian and Hanne Andersen, "Scientific Method", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2021/entries/scientific-method/>.
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	author       =	{Hepburn, Brian and Andersen, Hanne},
	title        =	{{Scientific Method}},
	booktitle    =	{The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2021/entries/scientific-method/}},
	year         =	{2021},
	edition      =	{{S}ummer 2021},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}