Identity and similarity

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-78

  Douven, Igor ^a   Decock, Lieven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptual spaces; Context; Identity; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956675515     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-009-9415-5     Document Type: Article

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