Something, nothing and Leibniz’s question. negation in logic and metaphysics
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عنوان ژورنال: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2199-6059,0860-150X
DOI: 10.2478/slgr-2018-0023