Ought a Four-Dimensionalist To Believe in Temporal Parts?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0045-5091,1911-0820
DOI: 10.1353/cjp.0.0062