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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, T6G 2E5, Edmonton, Alb., Canada

    Mohan Matthen

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, 78712-1180, Austin, TX, USA

    R. J. Hankinson

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This work was supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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Matthen, M., Hankinson, R.J. Aristotle's universe: Its form and matter. Synthese 96, 417–435 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064010

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