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Historical context and philosophy of science: Reply to Peter Simons' 'coincidence and kite-flying'
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This essay responds to a review of my book Wittgenstein Flies A Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World by Peter Simons that appears in the March 2009 issue of the journal Metascience.Author's Profile
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