What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?
Several anecdotal claims about the relationship between philosophical discourse and the subject of autism have been forwarded in recent years. This paper seeks to verify or debunk these descriptive claims by carefully examining the philosophical literature on autism. We conduct a comprehensive scopi...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 206; no. 2; pp. 1 - 48 |
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