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The Unity of Consciousness

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Bayne, Tim·2010·Oxford University Press eBooks

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Bayne examines the idea that a human being can have only a single stream of consciousness at any one point in time. He draws on philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to defend the claim that consciousness is unified, and he explores the implications for theories of consciousness and for our understanding of the self.

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Authors: Bayne, T.
Affiliations: University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author: Bayne, Tim
ORCID: Bayne, Tim
Venue: Oxford University Press eBooks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-10-28
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Pages: 7414-7414
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215386.001.0001
OpenAlex: W1597932157
Cited by: 402
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Type: book
Language: en
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Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Keywords: unity of consciousness, stream of consciousness, theory of consciousness, self, philosophy of mind, neuroscience of consciousness, psychology of consciousness

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