Science and semantics: The case of vagueness and supervaluation

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-374

  Weiner, Joan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949116790     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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