General semantics

DOI10.1007/BF00413598zbMath0214.00406MaRDI QIDQ2545136

David Lewis

Publication date: 1970

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00413598

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

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