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Many people have assisted us in writing this book, and we have benefited from their advice, critical comments and constructive suggestions. We are grateful to Dr Hanoch Benyami, Professor Jonathan Dancy, Professor John Dupré, Dr Hanjo Glock, Professor Oswald Hanfling, Professor Paul Harris, Dr Tim Horder, Professor Andrew Parker, Professor Herman Philipse, Dr John Richardson, Wolfram Schmitt and Professor Stuart Shanker for their helpful comments on one or more (sometimes many more) chapters of the book. We are especially indebted to Dr John Hyman and Professor Hans Oberdiek, who read and commented constructively on the whole text. We thank Sir Anthony Kenny, Professor Sir Peter Strawson and Professor Georg Henrik von Wright for their encouragement and moral support throughout the writing of this book. We are grateful to Jean van Altena for copy-editing our typescript with her characteristic skill, tact and good humour.

Chapters 1 and 2 are a rewritten version of a review article entitled ‘The motor system in neuroscience: a history and analysis of conceptual developments’, published in Progress in Neurobiology, 67 (2002), pp. 1–52. Parts of chapters 3, 4 and 5 were published in an article entitled ‘Perception and memory in neuroscience: a conceptual analysis’, in Progress in Neurobiology, 65 (2001), pp. 499–543. Parts of chapter 10 were published in an article by Hacker entitled ‘Is there anything it is like to be a bat?’ in Philosophy, 77 (2002), pp. 153– 70. We thank the editors of these journals for permission to republish this work.

M. R. Bennett, University of Sydney

P. M. S. Hacker, St John’s College, Oxford