Negatives, numbers, and necessity some worries about Armstrong's version of truthmaking

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (2):253 – 261 (2005)
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Truthmakers for negative truths.George Molnar - 2000 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 78 (1):72 – 86.
Instantiation as partial identity.Donald L. M. Baxter - 2001 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 79 (4):449 – 464.
Against the aggregate theory of number.Peter M. Simons - 1982 - Journal of Philosophy 79 (3):163-167.

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