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Preliminary research on this paper was partly supported by DFG-grant ‘Ka-407’. I would like to thank Professors A. Kamlah and J. D. Sneed for many stimulating discussions on topics related to this paper.
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Moulines, C.U. Approximate application of empirical theories: A general explication. Erkenntnis 10, 201–227 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204970
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