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Minds, brains, programs, and persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Drew McDermott
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520

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Continuing Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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