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A Leśniewskian re-examination of Goodman's nominalistic rejection of classes

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Prakel, J.M. A Leśniewskian re-examination of Goodman's nominalistic rejection of classes. Topoi 2, 87–97 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139704

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