Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning

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Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning. / Bohn, Manuel; Call, Josep; Völter, Christoph J.
The Oxford Handbook of Negation. ed. / Viviane Deprez; M. Teresa Espinal. Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 577-588 (Oxford Handbooks).

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Harvard

Bohn, M, Call, J & Völter, CJ 2020, Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning. in V Deprez & MT Espinal (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Negation. Oxford Handbooks, Oxford University Press, pp. 577-588. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198830528.013.40

APA

Bohn, M., Call, J., & Völter, C. J. (2020). Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning. In V. Deprez, & M. T. Espinal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Negation (pp. 577-588). (Oxford Handbooks). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198830528.013.40

Vancouver

Bohn M, Call J, Völter CJ. Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning. In Deprez V, Espinal MT, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Negation. Oxford University Press. 2020. p. 577-588. (Oxford Handbooks). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198830528.013.40

Bibtex

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