Seeing colours unconsciously.
According to unconscious perception hypothesis (UP), mental states of the same fundamental kind as ordinary conscious seeing can occur unconsciously. The proponents of UP often support it with empirical evidence for a more specific hypothesis, according to which colours can be seen unconsciously (UP...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 200; no. 3; pp. 1 - 12 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2022
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