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The concepts of the private universe (the Bubbleverse) and a scientific universe (the Comonverse) are introduced. The aims of this book are outlined: (1) to show that the process of ‘catching up’ with the progress of natural sciences reduced subjective reality of the mind to the status of an illusion, which inevitably brings about unsolvable logical puzzles and paradoxes; (2) to examine whether the point of view of the individual mind can bring us insights about the structure and functions of the universe that are missing in the more general and science-oriented approaches. A brief glossary is also provided.
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Subbotsky, E. (2020). Introduction. In: The Bubble Universe: Psychological Perspectives on Reality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49008-9_1
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