The Intermediate Level Theory of Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 247-260

  Prinz, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond vision; Intermediate; Objections; Psychology; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349121287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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