Crossing the symbolic threshold: A critical review of Terrence Deacon's the symbolic species

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-171

  Lumsden, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0036014295     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080220127116     Document Type: Article

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