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232:(1991). Dennett noted discomfort with
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277:"Starting in the Middle", Part I of
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1253:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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292:Tell me why the stars do shine,
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1878:Evolutionarily stable strategy
1694:From Bacteria to Bach and Back
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298:Tell me why the sky's so blue.
273:Part I: Starting in the Middle
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2061:Evolution of nervous systems
2029:Computational theory of mind
1324:"Reply to Gregory Mulhauser"
820:The New York Review of Books
296:Tell me why the ivy twines,
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2403:Imprinted brain hypothesis
2371:Human–computer interaction
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1290:On the Genealogy of Morals
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367:evidence of common descent
331:argued for the primacy of
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625:Chapter 15 asserts that
475:is the study of design,
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3066:Evolutionary psychology
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2871:Dual inheritance theory
2328:Personality development
1789:Theoretical foundations
1766:Evolutionary psychology
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1724:Universal Darwinism
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1431:(3). Archived from
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877:was printed in the
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651:Friedrich Nietzsche
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2590:Westermarck effect
2538:Mating preferences
2448:Distracted driving
2182:Literary criticism
2039:Domain specificity
2019:modularity of mind
1686:Breaking the Spell
1589:Intentional stance
1521:2014-07-14 at the
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1136:Gould, Stephen Jay
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800:Stephen Jay Gould
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520:directed mutation
508:Stephen Jay Gould
389:explain apparent
375:natural selection
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189:natural selection
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165:978-0-684-82471-0
160:978-0-684-80290-9
118:Publication place
71:Daniel C. Dennett
44:BBC Darwin Season
42:documentary, see
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