A note on global descriptivism and Putnam's model-theoretic argument

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 342-348

  Douven, Igor ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547496975     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048409912349101     Document Type: Article

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