Logical omniscience as infeasibility
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چکیده
Article history: Available online 20 August 2013 MSC: 03B45 03B60 03F07 68Q17
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Ann. Pure Appl. Logic
دوره 165 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014