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Peter Menzies, Difference maker

H. Beebee, C. Hitchcock, and H. Price (eds): Making a difference: essays on the philosophy of causation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, 336pp, £55.00 HB

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Dowe, P. Peter Menzies, Difference maker. Metascience 28, 23–28 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-018-0387-y

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