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Review published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 11:2 (2003) ► pp.394–404

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Gerd Sommerhoff. Understanding Consciousness: Its Function and Brain Processes. London: Sage, 2000. xiii+186 pp. ISBN 0-7619-6774-5

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Published online: 5 February 2004
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