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Functional explanation and the function of explanation
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- Authors
- LOMBROZO, T., & CAREY, S.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 167-204
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2077877335
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 72.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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