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| Summer: | June 21 |
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- Spring 2013 (first archived) [author: Andreas, Holger]
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@InCollection{sep-theoretical-terms-science,
author = {Andreas, Holger},
title = {{Theoretical Terms in Science}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entries/theoretical-terms-science/}},
year = {2021},
edition = {{F}all 2021},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}