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abstract: "This paper gives an account of Colin McGinn's essay: \"Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?\". McGinn's answer to his own essay title is that the problem is forever beyond us due to the particular nature of our cognitive abilities.The present author offers a number of criticisms of the arguments which support this conclusion."
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commref: 'McGinn, C. (1989), "Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?" Mind, 98, 349-366. Reprinted in C. McGinn (1991), The Problem of Consciousness, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.'
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keywords: 'Mind-Body Problem, Colin McGinn, cognitive limits'
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title: The Limits of Thought and the Mind-Body Problem
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