Folk Intuitions, Science Fiction and Philosophy: Comment on Experimental Philosophy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cognition and Culture
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1567-7095,1568-5373
DOI: 10.1163/156853710x531230