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Generics and Context: Do Counterexamples Dissuade Acceptance of True Generic Statements? Cover

Generics and Context: Do Counterexamples Dissuade Acceptance of True Generic Statements?

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
Language: English
Page range: 431 - 447
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
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