‘Ought’, ownership and agentive ought: Remarks on the semantic meaning of ‘indexed ought’
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عنوان ژورنال: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0585-5470
DOI: 10.21697/2018.54.1.12