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A bridge between cognitive science and neuroscience: The functional architecture of mind

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Bechtel, W. A bridge between cognitive science and neuroscience: The functional architecture of mind. Philosophical Studies 44, 319–330 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353539

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