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Ethical (and epistemological) issues regarding consciousness in cerebral organoids
- Correspondence to Dr Joshua Shepherd, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada; joshualshep{at}gmail.com
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Ethical (and epistemological) issues regarding consciousness in cerebral organoids
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- Received February 23, 2018
- Accepted February 28, 2018
- First published March 13, 2018.
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August 22, 2018
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