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John Earman. World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute versus Relational Theories of Space and Time. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (1989), xiv + 233 pp., $25.00.

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M. L. G. Redhead
M. L. G. Redhead*
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University of Cambridge
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 718 - 722
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Copyright © 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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