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Arguments Against Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Vagueness
Philosophy Compass 5 (11):953-964 (2010)
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In this article, I survey some of the major arguments against metaphysical indeterminacy and vagueness and outline potential responses.Author's Profile
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A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person.Hud Hudson - 2001 - Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
A materialist metaphysics of the human person.Hud Hudson - 2001 - Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
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