Toward a science of other minds: Escaping the argument by analogy

Cognitive Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 509-541

  Povinelli, Daniel J ^a   Bering, Jesse M ^a   Giambrone, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog2403_7     Document Type: Article

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