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Cladistics, sociology and success: A comment on Donoghue's critique of David Hull

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Nelson, G., Patterson, C. Cladistics, sociology and success: A comment on Donoghue's critique of David Hull. Biol Philos 8, 441–443 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00857689

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