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Are Untestable Scientific Theories Acceptable?

Richard Dawid: String Theory and the Scientific Method, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2013, ISBN 978-1-107-02971-2, 202 pp, US$ 95.00 (hardback)

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Pessoa, O. Are Untestable Scientific Theories Acceptable?. Sci & Educ 25, 443–448 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-015-9748-8

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