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Critical Notice of Henry Laycock Words Without Objects

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LaycockHenry, Words without Objects: Semantics, Ontology, and Logic for Non-Singularity.Oxford: Oxford University Press2006. xiv + 202 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Thomas J. McKay
Thomas J. McKay*
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Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY13244, USA
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Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 301 - 323
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