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On the “reality” and reality of anthropogenic climate change

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Thanks to Nancy Cartwright for comments on an earlier version of this paper, and for guiding my thinking on all the most important issues.

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Oreskes, N. On the “reality” and reality of anthropogenic climate change. Climatic Change 119, 559–560 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0779-3

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