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Breaking the spell: religion as a natural phenomenon
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By Daniel C. Dennett. New York: Viking, 2006. xvi + 448 pp., $25.95 cloth. Daniel Dennett has never been one to shy away from big topics in philosophy. He is perhaps best known for his 1991 classic...
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2007-02-01
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 06
- Pages
- 44-3244-44-3244
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W2049218516
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- 1,126
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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