Descriptions: Predicates or quantifiers?

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-136

  Brogaard, Berit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 34547862495     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048400601185495     Document Type: Article

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