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Categories: Science fiction themes, Articles with short description, Hypothetical technology, Thought experiments in philosophy, Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links
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brain in a vat  brain-in-a-vat  Brain-in-a-vat theory  brain in a jar  Brain in a Jar theory
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In philosophy, the brain in a vat is a scenario used in a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of human conceptions of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, consciousness, and meaning. Wikipedia
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In philosophy, the brain in a vat is a scenario used in a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of human conceptions of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, consciousness, and meaning. Wikipedia
A scenario for thought experiments Wikipedia Disambiguation
Thought experiment Wikidata
IS A
meme
thought experiment
evil demon
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Philip K. Dick
Stanisław Lem
Hilary Putnam
HAS IMMEDIATE CAUSE
Cartesian doubt
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brain in a vat
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brain in a vat
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brain-in-a-vat, Brain-in-a-vat theory, Brain in a jar, Brain in a Jar theory, Brain in a Vat, Brain in a vat theory, Brain in jar, Brain in the vat, Brain in vat, brains in vats, Envatted brain, Envatted brains, head in a jar, The brain in the bottle
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brain in a jar, brain in jar, brain in vat

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