Review of Burns, J. The Descent of Madness: Evolutionary Origins of Psychosis and the Social Brain [Book Review]

South African Journal of Philosophy 28 (2):257-258 (2009)
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Review of Burns, J. The Descent of Madness: Evolutionary Origins of Psychosis and the Social Brain (London: Routledge, 2007)

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