Folk intuitions, slippery slopes, and necessary fictions: An essay on Saul Smilansky's free will illusionism

Midwest Studies in Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 202-213

  Nadelhoffer, Thomas ^a   Feltz, Adam ^a  

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EID: 61049353555     PISSN: 03636550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4975.2007.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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