creators_name: Gezgin, Ulas Basar
creators_id: dr_gezgin
type: other
datestamp: 2006-06-10
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:27
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title: On Flanagan’s Ideas On Dreams And Ahead: 
An Attempt To Locate Dreaming Phenomenon Under The Superclass Of Consciousness
ispublished: unpub
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
keywords: dreaming, consciousness, quining qualia, simulation
abstract: In this paper, Owen Flanagan’s ideas on dreaming phenomenon are discussed and a thought experiment with four parallel trials is presented as an attempt to locate dreaming phenomenon under the superclass of consciousness.
date: 2004-05
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Gezgin, Dr. Ulas Basar  (2004) On Flanagan’s Ideas On Dreams And Ahead: An Attempt To Locate Dreaming Phenomenon Under The Superclass Of Consciousness.     (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4905/1/Ula%C5%9F_Ba%C5%9Far_Gezgin_-_On_Flanagan%26%238217%3Bs_Ideas_On_Dreams_And_Ahead.htm