Why is there something rather than nothing? A logical investigation

DOI10.1007/S10670-016-9831-9MaRDI QIDQ1706808zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jan Heylen

Publication date 28 March 2018

Published in Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/545670

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Other nonclassical logic (03B60)

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