Empty Names, Fiction, and the Puzzles of Non-existence

Empty Names, Fiction, and the Puzzles of Non-existence
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Publisher : Stanford Univ Center for the Study
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 1575862530
ISBN-13 : 9781575862538
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