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On Pretending that Things Do Not Exist: Evans, Existence, and Existentials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Frederick Kroon
Frederick Kroon
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University of Auckland
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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , Spring 2003 , pp. 235 - 256
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