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Semantic Biology and the Mind-Body Problem: The Theory of the Conventional Mind

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Barbieri, M. Semantic Biology and the Mind-Body Problem: The Theory of the Conventional Mind. Biol Theory 1, 352–356 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2006.1.4.352

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