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Analogues of the concepts defined by the following three definitions are highly important in logical semantics for the description of certain central deductive characteristics of sets of formulae. The corresponding ontological concepts are not less important in the ontology of states of affairs.
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Meixner, U. (1997). Possible Worlds and Elementary States of Affairs. In: Axiomatic Formal Ontology. Synthese Library, vol 264. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8867-6_11
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