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The elusive illusion of sensation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2005

Valerie Gray Hardcastle*
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology in Society, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0247 http://www.mind.vt.edu/

Abstract:

The sensation of will is not the same thing as the will itself any more than the sensation of hunger is the same thing as being devoid of nutrients. This is not a really surprising claim, but it is the only claim to which Wegner is entitled in his book.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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