The ontological status of possible worlds

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Akıncı, Semiha
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Ontology, Philosophy
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/948
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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S. Akıncı, “The ontological status of possible worlds ,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1995.
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