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Discussion of J. Kevin O’Regan’s “Why Red Doesn’t Sound Like a Bell: Understanding the Feel of Consciousness”

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Kevin O’Regan wishes to thank Jan Degenaar, Erik Myin and Oliver Kauffmann for extensive help in his responses.

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  1. Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, CNRS - Université Paris Descartes, Centre Biomédical des Saints Pères, 45 rue des Sts Pères, 75270, Paris cedex 06, France

    J. Kevin O’Regan

  2. Departments of Philosophy, Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University, 5 Washington Place, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Ned Block

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O’Regan, J.K., Block, N. Discussion of J. Kevin O’Regan’s “Why Red Doesn’t Sound Like a Bell: Understanding the Feel of Consciousness”. Rev.Phil.Psych. 3, 89–108 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-012-0090-7

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