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Reading the Minds of Others: Radical Interpretation and the Empirical Study of Childhood Cognitive Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Manuela Ungureanu
Manuela Ungureanu
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Okanagan University College, Kelowna
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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , Summer 2004 , pp. 527 - 554
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