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This paper was written by A. N. Prior (1914–69). It is hitherto unpublished. The original is undated and kept in the Prior collection at Bodleian Library, Oxford. It is edited by Anne Kathrine Kjær, Jörg Zeller, and Peter Øhrstrøm.

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Prior, A.N. The logic of obligation and the obligations of the logician. Synthese 188, 423–448 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9935-3

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