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These comments are responses to the papers of Professors Lederman and Ohlsson published inScience & Education Vol. 4, No. 4, 1995. Their papers advanced comments on, and criticisms of, my paper ‘On the Nature of Scientific Thought’ (Science & Education Vol. 4, No. 1).
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Suchting, W.A. More on the nature of scientific thought: Responses to Professors Lederman and Ohlsson. Sci Educ 5, 381–390 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625608
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