Consciousness and the limits of our imaginations

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Synthese 126 (3):361-381 (2001)
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Chalmers' anti-materialist arguments are an interesting twist on a well-known argument form, and his naturalistic dualism is exciting to contemplate. Nevertheless, we think we can save materialism from the Chalmerian attack. This is what we do in the present paper

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Anthony Gillies
Rutgers - New Brunswick
Eric Dietrich
State University of New York at Binghamton

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