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In recent years the literature on the mind-brain problem has become enormous and diverse. Any attempt at quotation of all important contributions would produce disorganized chapters. So I have chosen to present in this chapter some critical abstracts of the literature published in many books by leading authorities.
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Eccles, J.C. (1994). Recent Theoretical Studies on the Mind-Brain Problem. In: How the SELF Controls Its BRAIN. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49224-2_3
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