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This comment is based first upon a letter that I sent to Brian Ellis about his paper, and second upon the quite elaborate reply that he returned to me. The reply, for which I thank him, gave me a much better grip on his position and so assisted me in the present enterprise.
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Armstrong, D.M. (1999). Comment on Ellis. In: Sankey, H. (eds) Causation and Laws of Nature. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9229-1_3
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