SAMUEL BUTLER AND BIOLOGICAL MEMORY
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'A vehicle of symbols and nothing more'. George Romanes, theory of mind, information, and Samuel Butler.
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 1912
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.35.907.769