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To put it roughly and metaphorically, an approach is a way of looking at things (e.g., people) or ideas (e.g., conjectures), and therefore also of handling problems concerning them.

— Mario Bunge ‎Ruben Ardila (2012)

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Source: ‎Ruben Ardila (2012), Philosophy of Psychology. p. 44
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