Colour, Consciousness, and Colour Consciousness

Consciousness: New Philosophical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 97-154

  McLAUGHLIN, BRIAN P ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

already; Bertrand; experience; philosophical; possess

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EID: 85198960812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199241286.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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