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  1. Dipartimento di Filosofia & Laboratorio di Filosofia Computazionale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Magnani

  2. Program in Philosophy, Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

    Lorenzo Magnani

  3. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

    Nancy J. Nersessian

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Magnani, L., Nersessian, N.J. Preface. Mind & Society 3, 3–7 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02511862

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