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Robustness analysis versus reliable process reasoning

Robert Hudson: Seeing things: The philosophy of reliable observation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xii+274pp, £41.99, $58.50 HB

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With thanks to Alessandra Basso, Aki Lehtinen and Caterina Marchionni who took part in the reading group on Seeing Things at the University of Helsinki.

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Lisciandra, C. Robustness analysis versus reliable process reasoning. Metascience 24, 37–41 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-014-9927-2

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