I am very grateful to Riccardo Manzotti, who has provided a commentary on my piece about his Radical Externalist theory of onphenes.
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1. Norm says:
That was a wonderful, interesting dialogue, Peter — and a testament to the high quality of your writing.
April 5, 2007, 5:37 pm