Micro-Reduction, Scientific Realism and the Mind-Body Problem
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عنوان ژورنال: Crítica (México D. F. En línea)
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1870-4905,0011-1503
DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.1977.222