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Coining Terms In The Language of Thought
Journal of Philosophy 98 (10):499-530 (2001)
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Robert Cummins argues that any causal theory of mental content (CT) founders on an established fact of human psychology: that theory mediates sensory detection. He concludes,Author's Profile
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