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| Temporal intervals and temporal order P Needham Logique et Analyse 24 (93), 49-64, 1981 | 43 | 1981 |
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| Duhem's physicalism P Needham Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 29 (1), 33-62, 1998 | 39 | 1998 |
| Philosophy of chemistry DM Gabbay, P Thagard, J Woods, RF Hendry, P Needham, A Woody Elsevier, 2011 | 37* | 2011 |
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