Dualism, Reductionism, and Reflexive Monism

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 346-358

  Velmans, Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Dualism; Perceptual projection; Reductionism; Reflexive monism

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349037059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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