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This paper has benefited from conversations and correspondence with John Earman, Richard Grandy, Gilbert Harman, Hartry Field, and Michael Friedman. I am indebted to Bas van Fraassen for reading preliminary versions and encouraging their refinement.
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Glymour, C. Topology, cosmology and convention. Synthese 24, 195–218 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540149
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