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Metadata
- Authors
- Knobe, J., & Prinz, J.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Knobe, Joshua
- Venue
- Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
- Published
- 2007-10-05
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 67-83
- ISSN
- 1568-7759 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8676
- OpenAlex
- W2068697372
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 20
- FWCI
- 8.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Keywords
- phenomenal consciousness, mental state ascriptions, functionalism, physicalism, folk psychology
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