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I would like to thank the many people who have helped me clarify my thinking on this topic, particularly, Gary Hardegree, Teddy Seidenfeld, Brian Skyrms, and Bas C. van Fraassen.

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Giere, R.N. Propensity and necessity. Synthese 40, 439–451 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413414

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