The conscious self: Ontology, epistemology and the mirror quest

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 621-636

  Samsonovich, Alexei V ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mind; Consciousness; Hard problem; Self awareness; Subjectivism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 24744469716     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70280-6     Document Type: Article

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