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Smaling, A. (2007). The Meaning of Empathic Understanding in Human Inquiry. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Phenomenology of Life from the Animal Soul to the Human Mind. Analecta Husserliana, vol 94. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5182-1_19

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