Conscious states and conscious creatures: Explanation in the scientific study of consciousness

Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Bayne, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60949154908     PISSN: 15208583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-8583.2007.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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