On the possibility of epistemic justification: a semantico-epistemic approach

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Grünberg, David
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Semantics (Philosophy), Justification (Theory of knowledge)
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/11247
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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D. Grünberg, “ On the possibility of epistemic justification: a semantico-epistemic approach,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1994.
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