Generics and the structure of the mind

Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 375-403

  Leslie, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949436279     PISSN: 15208583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-8583.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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