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Doctor Dennett and Doctor Pangloss: Perfection and selection in biology and psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Ron Amundson
Ron Amundson
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Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720. Electronic mail: ronald@uhccux.bitnet
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 577 - 581
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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