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Are the irreversibly comatose still here? The destruction of brains and the persistence of persons
- Correspondence to Mr Lukas J Meier, Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AL, UK; ljm32{at}st-andrews.ac.uk
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Are the irreversibly comatose still here? The destruction of brains and the persistence of persons
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- Received June 10, 2019
- Revised August 26, 2019
- Accepted September 1, 2019
- First published October 30, 2019.
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February 07, 2020
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