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. 2026 Mar 1;74(2):11.
doi: 10.1007/s10441-026-09519-6.

Mess and Method

Rose Novick  1 , Joyce C Havstad  2
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Mess and Method

Rose Novick et al. Acta Biotheor. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Pragmatism; Bill Wimsatt; Conceptual structure; Investigative strategies; Mark Wilson; Realism; Reductionism; Theory structure.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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