Has the problem of incompleteness rested on a mistake?

Mind

Volumn 114, Issue 456, 2005, Pages 889-913

  Buchanan, Ray ^a   Ostertag, Gary ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34248700125     PISSN: 00264423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzi889     Document Type: Article

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