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Men have minds, that is to say, they perceive, they have sensations, emotions, beliefs, thoughts, purposes, and desires. What is it to have a mind? What is it to perceive, to feel emotion, to hold a belief, or to have a purpose? In common with many other modern philosophers, I think that the best clue we have to the nature of mind is furnished by the discoveries and hypotheses of modern science concerning the nature of man.
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Armstrong, D.M. (1970). The nature of mind. In: The Mind-Brain Identity Theory. Controversies in Philosophy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15364-0_4
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