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2 Static Accounts: Multivalence and Partiality 6 2.1 Trivalent Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Supervaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.3 Two Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.4 Pragmatic Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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