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Semantical Games, the Alleged Ambiguity of “Is”, and Aristotelian Categories

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Hintikka, J. (2004). Semantical Games, the Alleged Ambiguity of “Is”, and Aristotelian Categories. In: Analyses of Aristotle. Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2041-4_2

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