Virtual machines and consciousness

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 133-172

  Sloman, Aaron ^a   Chrisley, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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