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'Francis/Qualia 1990'

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Typescript drafts of a paper by Crick entitled 'Qualia: An Experimental Approach' (in earlier versions 'A Note on Qualia'), 1990.   <p>The file also includes a photocopy typescript draft by P[aul] M. C[hurchland] entitled 'VIII. Scepticism and Self-Knowledge', December 1968.</p>

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'Francis/Qualia 1990'

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