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My greatest debt is to Prof. Hilary Putnam, without whose inspiration and encouragement this paper would not have been written. Thanks are also due to Prof. Michael Friedman for detailed and helpful comments on an earlier version, and to two anonymous referees. This paper is based in part on research conducted while supported under a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
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Shapiro, L.S. ‘Coordinative definition’ and Reichenbach's semantic framework: A reassessment. Erkenntnis 41, 287–323 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01130757
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