transmission theory

transmission theory
Transmissionist Trans*mis"sion*ist, n. An adherent of a theory, the

{transmission theory}, that the brain serves to ``transmit,'' rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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