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^{page 50 note 1} Michael Durrant's alternative characterizations should be contrasted with Dilman's and indeed Malcolm's, Phillips' and Winch's readings here. See Durrant, Michael, The Logical Status of ‘God’ (New York: Macmillan, 1973CrossRefGoogle Scholar) and his Theology and Intelligibility (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973).Google Scholar

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