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PRIVATE ASPECT (1st-person content/descriptions)
DUAL - ASPECT MONISM Figure 1. Dual-aspect monism. Circles 1 through n are individual persons. Within the brain of each person is a transparent representation (w) of the physical world (W) from an egocentric perspective (I!). W includes all persons. Each person has a phenomenal experience of the world (W) from his/her privileged egocentric perspective (private aspect). At the same time, any person might be included in
the public aspect. Interpersonal communications, including all scientific contentions, take place in W.
