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BibTeX Citation String (Summer 2017 Archive Edition)
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author = {Rey, Georges},
title = {{The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/analytic-synthetic/}},
year = {2017},
edition = {{S}ummer 2017},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Winter 2020 Archive)
There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.
@InCollection{sep-analytic-synthetic,
author = {Rey, Georges},
title = {{The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2020/entries/analytic-synthetic/}},
year = {2020},
edition = {{W}inter 2020},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}

