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Introducing consciousness
Introducing consciousness

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Acknowledgements

This course was written by Dr Keith Frankish

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Course image: Leonardo da Vinci in Wikimedia available in the public domain.

Reading 1 Chalmers, D. (1996), The Conscious Mind, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Figure 2 Cartoon by James Thurber. Copyright © 1933, 1961 Rosemary A. Thurber.

Adapted from Adam Siegal: http://www.flickr.com/ photos/ dopeylok/ 38814742/ [Details correct as of 23rd October 2007]

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