Computers

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-73

  Piccinini, Gualtiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 40649113242     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2008.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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