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The problem of the fictive stance. / Wolstenholme, Thomas.
In: Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 5, No. 1, 04.2008, p. 27-36.

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Wolstenholme, T 2008, 'The problem of the fictive stance', Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 27-36. <http://www.pjaesthetics.org/index.php/pjaesthetics/article/view/89>

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Wolstenholme, T. (2008). The problem of the fictive stance. Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics, 5(1), 27-36. http://www.pjaesthetics.org/index.php/pjaesthetics/article/view/89

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Wolstenholme T. The problem of the fictive stance. Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics. 2008 Apr;5(1):27-36.

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Wolstenholme, Thomas. / The problem of the fictive stance. In: Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics. 2008 ; Vol. 5, No. 1. pp. 27-36.

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