What brains won't tell us about the mind: A critique of the neurobiological argument against representational nativism

Mind and Language

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 548-570

  Samuels, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0011333440     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0017.00091     Document Type: Article

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