Ideal and Nonideal Theory

2010/01/01 by A. John Simmons, A. JOHN SIMMONS · 1,029 citations
Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Citation #Computer science #Discrete mathematics #Epistemology #Ideal (ethics) #Ideal theory #Library science #Mathematics #Philosophy #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1088-4963.2009.01172.x

published in Philosophy &amp Public Affairs 38(1), 5-36 (Wiley)

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