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John Preston (Ed.): Interpreting Mach. Critical Essays. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2021, 287 + xii pp., £75 (hardcover), ISBN: 9781108474016

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This work was done during my Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (AvH_1204458) at Ruhr- Universität Bochum

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de Paz, M. John Preston (Ed.): Interpreting Mach. Critical Essays. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2021, 287 + xii pp., £75 (hardcover), ISBN: 9781108474016. J Gen Philos Sci 53, 231–234 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-022-09601-w

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