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- 1 2 3 Thomas, Ivo (1965). "The Written Liar and Thomas Oliver". Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. VI (3): 203. doi: 10.1305/ndjfl/1093958258 .
- ↑ Oliver, Thomas (1604). De sophismatum praestigiis cavendis tractatus paraeneticus. Cambridge.
- General
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney (1895). "Oliver, Thomas (d.1624)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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