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Achilles versus the tortoise: The battle over modus ponens (an aristotelian argument)

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Marton, P. Achilles versus the tortoise: The battle over modus ponens (an aristotelian argument). Philosophia 31, 383–400 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385192

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