Explaining the mind: Problems, problems

The Sciences 41 (2):36-42 (2001)
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The mind/body problem is the feeling/function problem: How and why do feeling systems feel? The problem is not just "hard" but insoluble . Fortunately, the "easy" problems of cognitive science are not insoluble. Five books are reviewed in this context

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