creators_name: Yates, John
creators_id: uvscience@gmail.com
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title: Experimental philosophy and the MBI

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subjects: phil-sci
subjects: neuro-psy
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abstract: Various facets of the MBI are discussed, and how it can be used in connection with experimental philosophy, experimental psychology and neuroscience. Brief historical references are given. The large implications of the MBI with regards to McTaggart's paradox and the resolution of the difficulties with quantum mechanics is mentioned. Later sections deal with the mereological fallacy, multiple universes, teletransportation, mind cloning and mind splitting. Dreamwork is chosen as a prime example of the use of the MBI and recent work by Tononi and Baars is referred to.

date: 2008-10-02
date_type: published
publication: Philica
number: 139
publisher: Philica
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Yates, Dr. John  (2008) Experimental philosophy and the MBI.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6232/1/Experimental_philosophy_and_the_MBI.pdf