Concepts: Fodor's little semantic BBs of thought A critical look at Fodor's theory of concepts
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- J. Exp. Theor. Artif. Intell.
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001