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What’s behind a smile? the return of mechanism: Reply to Schaffner

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Faucher, L. What’s behind a smile? the return of mechanism: Reply to Schaffner. Synthese 151, 403–409 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-006-9032-1

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