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Multidimensional Properties: Primitivism vs Reductionism

By: Robert MichelsORCID  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.189 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 25, 2025
Published on: Nov 6, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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