∗This paper was published in the Journal of Philosophical Logic, 33/1 (2004): 1–26. The authors would like to thank C.A. Anderson, Thomas Hofweber, Jeffrey Kegler, and Kai Wehmeier for their comments on this paper. The paper was presented in its current form at the Seminar für Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität München. We gratefully acknowledge the audience feedback. †An...

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