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There are many fewer errors in this paper than there would have been without the careful critical reading by Mr Jack Kulas. The weaknesses are attributable to arguments with him that I “won”; he is absolved of responsibility for those.

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McClellan, J.E. The concept of learning: Once more with (logical) expression. Synthese 51, 87–116 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413850

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