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Conceivability, intensionality, and the logic of Anselm's modal argument for the existence of God

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Jacquette, D. Conceivability, intensionality, and the logic of Anselm's modal argument for the existence of God. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 42, 163–173 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003034726072

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