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Elliott Sober, Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008. Pp. xx + 392.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Ingo Brigandt
Ingo Brigandt*
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G 2E7, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 159 - 186
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Acknowledgement: I thank an anonymous referee and Bruce Hunter for comments on a draft of this essay. The work on this paper was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Standard Research Grant 410-2008-0400).

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