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Williamson on Fine on Prior on the reduction of possibilist discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2020
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I attempt to meet some criticisms that Williamson makes of my attempt to carry out Prior's project of reducing possibility discourse to actualist discourse.
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- Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 46 , Issue 4-5: Special Issue: Williamson on Modality , August 2016 , pp. 548 - 570
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