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Contingent existents
Philosophy 78 (4):461-481 (2003)
Abstract
Timothy Williamson has recently put forward a proof that every object exists necessarily. I show where the proof fails. My diagnosis also exposes the fallacy in A. N. Prior's argument in favour of his modal logic, Q.Author's Profile
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