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    Dean Rickles

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Chris Smeenk

  3. Philosophy Department, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 33501, Germany

    Holger Lyre

  4. Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Richard Healey

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Rickles, D., Smeenk, C., Lyre, H. et al. Gauge Pressure. Metasci 18, 5–41 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-009-9241-6

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