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In writing this paper I have gained much from discussions with Simo Knuuttila and Calvin Normore.

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Yrjönsuuri, M. Aristotle'sTopics and medieval obligational disputations. Synthese 96, 59–82 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01063802

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