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I would like to thank William Rowe and Stephen Davis for kindly making pre-publication copies of their work available to me, and the Canada Council and the University of Winnipeg for research support. Numerous improvements are due to the comments and criticisms of Philip Quinn, William Rowe, Stephen Davis and Linwood Urban.
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Walton, D. The circle in the ontological argument. Int J Philos Relig 9, 193–218 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136190
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