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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement), author.

Title: Brainstorms : philosophical essays on mind and psychology / Daniel C. Dennett.

Description: 40th Anniversary Edition. | Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017009922 | ISBN 9780262534383 (pbk. : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262343718

Subjects: LCSH: Psychology--Philosophy. | Cognition. | Philosophy.

Classification: LCC BF38 .D46 2017 | DDC 153--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017009922

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