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Wasmer, M.S. Biological Individuality and Other Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Biology (15 September 2018, University of Salzburg, Austria). J Gen Philos Sci 50, 181–184 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-018-09441-7

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