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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant GS 2413). I am indebted for several helpful discussions to Dr. Jürgen Ehlers of the Max Planck Institute in Munich.
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Palter, R. Kant's formulation of the laws of motion. Synthese 24, 96–116 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540144
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