creators_name: Humphrey, Nicholas
type: journalp
datestamp: 2000-11-23
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:22
metadata_visibility: show
title: How to solve the mind-body problem
ispublished: pub
subjects: behav-neuro-sci
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: evol-psy
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
keywords: consciousness, qualia, mind-body problem, evolutionary psychology, sensation
abstract: None
date: 2000-04
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Consciousness Studies
volume: 7
number: 4
pagerange: 5-20
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Humphrey, Nicholas  (2000) How to solve the mind-body problem.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
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