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My sincere thanks to James Fetzer and John Pollock whose comments on earlier, radically different versions of this material helped to shape this final version. In many essential points, however, the shaping was negative and they should therefore be held in no way accountable for the views expressed here.
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Nute, D. Causes, laws, and law statements. Synthese 48, 347–369 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01063985
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