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Psychologism reconsidered: A re-evaluation of the arguments of Frege and Husserl

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Aach, J. Psychologism reconsidered: A re-evaluation of the arguments of Frege and Husserl. Synthese 85, 315–338 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484796

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