A Dynamic Semantics for Vague Predicates
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0453-0691,1884-1228
DOI: 10.4288/jafpos1956.12.109