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Howard, Don A. and Marco Giovanelli, "Einstein’s Philosophy of Science", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2025 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2025/entries/einstein-philscience/>.
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This entry was first published on Wed Feb 11, 2004. It was last modified on Feb 2, 2025.

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	author       =	{Howard, Don A. and Giovanelli, Marco},
	title        =	{{Einstein’s Philosophy of Science}},
	booktitle    =	{The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2025/entries/einstein-philscience/}},
	year         =	{2025},
	edition      =	{{S}pring 2025},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}