The contingency of composition

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-121

  Cameron, Ross P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Modality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548552564     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-007-9144-6     Document Type: Article

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