The Intentional Stance: Devlpmntl & Neurocog
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Acknowledgements: The authors were funded by an MRC Program Grant during the period of this work. The first author was additionally funded by a fellowship from the Cambridge Overseas Trust. We thank Chris Viger, Chris Westbury, and Chris Ashwin for helpful comments on an earlier draft.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002