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Professor Evandro Agazzi, Dr. Gerd Buchdahl, and a number of other people have kindly commented on an earlier version of this paper. For their helpful criticisms, the author expresses his sincere thanks.
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Worth, C.D. On theoretical terms. Erkenntnis 21, 405–421 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00169283
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