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  1. Universität München, Germany

    Wolfgang Balzer & C. Ulises Moulines

  2. UNAM, México D.F.

    Wolfgang Balzer & C. Ulises Moulines

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This author is indebted to A. Kamlah for illuminating remarks on the subject.

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Balzer, W., Ulises Moulines, C. On theoreticity. Synthese 44, 467–494 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413472

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