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A Possible Worlds Model of Object Recognition

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Wilburn, J.B. A Possible Worlds Model of Object Recognition. Synthese 116, 403–438 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005066410812

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Keywords

  • Object Recognition
  • Actual World
  • Community Model
  • Actual Object
  • World Model