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The logic of ‘Almost all’

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    Ernest W. Adams

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This research was supported in part by National Science Foundation research grant GS-1710 to the author. The author is indebted to Professor Hans Hermes and to Dr. H.-D. Ebbinghaus for helpful discussions relating to the research, and to the Abteilung für Mathmatische Logik, Mathematische Institut, Freiburg University, for graciously making its facilities available.

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Adams, E.W. The logic of ‘Almost all’. J Philos Logic 3, 3–17 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00652068

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