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    Alvin I. Goldman

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This paper was written while the author was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. I am indebted to Holly S. Goldman for a number of valuable criticisms and suggestions. I have also received helpful comments from several Center Fellows, including Keith S. Donnellan.

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Goldman, A.I. Perceptual objects. Synthese 35, 257–284 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485548

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