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Cognitive Illusions and the Welcome Psychologism of Logicist Artificial Intelligence

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Bringsjord, S., Yang, Y. (2003). Cognitive Illusions and the Welcome Psychologism of Logicist Artificial Intelligence. In: Jacquette, D. (eds) Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 91. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48134-0_14

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