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Page 152
... mind is unmatched elsewhere in nature . The task assumed by the discipline known as the philos- ophy of mind is to examine and analyze those concepts that involve the mind ( including the very concept of the mind itself ) in an attempt ...
... mind is unmatched elsewhere in nature . The task assumed by the discipline known as the philos- ophy of mind is to examine and analyze those concepts that involve the mind ( including the very concept of the mind itself ) in an attempt ...
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... mind as immaterial . Plato was the first important figure in the Western tradition explicitly to defend the doctrine that the mind is an entirely nonmaterial entity- without such defining material properties as size , shape , or ...
... mind as immaterial . Plato was the first important figure in the Western tradition explicitly to defend the doctrine that the mind is an entirely nonmaterial entity- without such defining material properties as size , shape , or ...
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... mind is known to be associated with one's own body , it is reasonable to conclude that another mind is associated with the body of another person . Finally , there is the view that the best way to explain the complex be- haviour of ...
... mind is known to be associated with one's own body , it is reasonable to conclude that another mind is associated with the body of another person . Finally , there is the view that the best way to explain the complex be- haviour of ...
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