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What’s the Best Way to Resolve a Plausibility Paradox? Cover

What’s the Best Way to Resolve a Plausibility Paradox?

By: Mathew Coakley  
Open Access
|Jan 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2023-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2182-2875 | Journal ISSN: 0873-626X
Language: English, Portuguese
Page range: 491 - 511
Published on: Jan 18, 2026
Published by: University of Lisbon
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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