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I am indebted to Adam Daum, Jerzy Giedymin, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Veikko Rantala and Raimo Tuomela, who kindly read and commented on an earlier version of this paper. I should also like to express my thanks to Prof. Ingmar Pörn for inviting me to discuss a part of this work in the Philosophy Seminar at the University of Helsinki, and to the editor ofSynthese for encouraging its publication.
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Pearce, D. Is there any theoretical justification for a nonstatement view of theories?. Synthese 46, 1–39 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064465
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