The Shadows and Shallows of Explanation

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Minds and Machines

• Publication date

  1998-02-01

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1008259020140
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