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IN OUR TIME - SUBJECT RESEARCH
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The Mind and Body Problem

Further Reading

Descartes, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings (Penguin Classics)

Benedict Spinoza - Ethics (Penguin classics)

Gilbert Ryle - A Concept of Mind (Penguin Modern Classics)

AC Grayling - The Mystery of Things (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Adam Zemin - Consciousness a Users Guide

John R Searle - Mind: A brief Introduction (Oxford University Press)

John R Searle - The Mysteries of Consciousness (Granta Books)


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Julian Baggini's website

Artistotle - Philosophy pages

Aristotle - Wikipedia

Descartes - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Essays on Descartes

Benedict de Spinoza - Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy

The Relationship Between the Mind and the Brain

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