Physicalism and the nature of phenomenal concepts
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Review of Torin Alter and Sven Walter (eds.) Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge: New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism
Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge is an edited volume of new essays relating to the debates around phenomenal experience in philosophy of mind. Alter and Walter provide an excellent introduction to the volume, producing a well edited collection of papers that represent some of the most interesting and cutting edge work in the field, and together provide a subtle and complex overview ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Filosofia Aurora
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1980-5934,0104-4443
DOI: 10.7213/rfa.v22i30.2221