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Connection principle is merely definitional
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Arbitrarily defining "mental" as something inextricably bound to consciousness—as in the connection principle—is bad science.
Noam Chomsky (1990).
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Connection principle is merely definitional☜Arbitrarily defining mental as something inextricably bound to consciousness—as in the connection principle—is bad science.☜EF597B
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