Philosophy / Unit 6 Philosophy 0233 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Identity Theory
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The idea
The identity theory: mental states are brain states—pain is a specific neural process the way lightning is electrical discharge. Identity, not correlation.
In practice
The model is scientific identification: water proved to be H2O; heat proved to be molecular motion; pain, the theory says, will prove neural.
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