What it is like to see: A sensorimotor theory of perceptual experience

Synthese

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-103

  O’Regan, J Kevin ^a   Noë, Alva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001915478     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012699224677     Document Type: Article

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