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Stathis Psillos: Scientific Realism (Routledge, 1999); Causation and Explanation (2002)

Martin Curd: Principles of Reasoning (1989), Argument and Analysis: An Introduction to Philosophy (1992); Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues, with Jan Cover (1998)