A free will needs a free mind: Belief in substance dualism and reductive physicalism differentially predict belief in free will and determinism
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عنوان ژورنال: Consciousness and Cognition
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1053-8100
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.07.003