Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics

William Dunaway

doi:10.1215/00318108-4326687

Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	The Philosophical Review
Volume	127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-4326687
State	Published - 2018

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