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On the Metaphysical Utility of Claims of Global Supervenience

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Melnyk, A. On the Metaphysical Utility of Claims of Global Supervenience. Philosophical Studies 87, 277–308 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004272132650

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