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Précis of Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2009

Christine Overall
Christine Overall
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Queen's University
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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , Summer 2006 , pp. 537 - 548
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2006

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