The Folk Psychology of Consciousness

Mind and Language

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-352

  Arico, Adam ^a   Fiala, Brian ^a   Goldberg, Robert F ^b   Nichols, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79957957462     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2011.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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