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    Roberto Casati

  2. Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Achille C. Varzi

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Casati, R., Varzi, A.C. Topological Essentialism. Philosophical Studies 100, 217–236 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018672424610

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