Sentence-relativity and the necessary a posteriori

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-91

  Wong, Kai Yee ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00372435     Document Type: Article

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