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explanatory power

ability of a hypothesis or theory to effectively explain the subject matter it pertains to

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Paul Feyerabend

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Concepts in the philosophy of science Metatheory

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science studies

philosophy of space and time

Roberto Torretti

scientific realism

science and technology in the United States

scientific theory

philosophy of information

social identity theory

social constructionism

Adolf Grünbaum

philosophy of science

scientific skepticism

Michael Polanyi

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