The presentation of problems, solutions, and ideas owes much to people with whom
I have been in contact in character-related matters through years, such as (roughly in
chronological order by their influence) Timo Kiravuo, Alan J. Flavell, Arjun Ray, Ro-
man Czyborra, Bob Bemer, and Erkki I. Kolehmainen.
The reviewers, Andreas Prilop, John Cowan, and Jori Mäntysalo gave a very substantial
amount of valuable input, both on content and on presentation. Simon St.Laurent has
had an active and supportive role through the entire process as an editor.
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