The Explanatory Autonomy of Psychology: Why a Mind is Not a Brain

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 785-795

  Bem, Sacha ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

action; commonsense psychology; mental states; psychological explanation; reasons; reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035567861     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301116005     Document Type: Article

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