Place Goes Wrong in Treating Mind-brain Relationship
U. T. Place claims that philosophical problems concerning the true nature of mind-brain relationship disappears or is settled adhering to materialism, especially type identity theory of mind. He takes above claim as a reasonable scientific hypothesis. I shall argue why it is not as he claims. At fir...
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University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages
2015-12-01
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| description | U. T. Place claims that philosophical problems concerning the true nature of mind-brain relationship disappears or is settled adhering to materialism, especially type identity theory of mind. He takes above claim as a reasonable scientific hypothesis. I shall argue why it is not as he claims. At first, to pave the way for refutation, I will briefly clarify Place's approach to the subject in hand; although the rest of the paper will also contain more details about his position. Then, I will reduce his position into four theses and try to prove that the main claim of type identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise. I think that we ought to regard type identity theory, at most, just as a hypothesis which approximately displays the function of mind-brain relationship but tells us nothing justifiably about its true nature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7ab817aec4b4e4fb79f10c3a4becc372023-09-03T13:45:29ZengUniversity of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen LanguagesJournal of Philosophical Investigations2251-79602423-44192015-12-01917173202Place Goes Wrong in Treating Mind-brain RelationshipMahdi Soleimani Khourmouji0PhD Candidate in PilosophyU. T. Place claims that philosophical problems concerning the true nature of mind-brain relationship disappears or is settled adhering to materialism, especially type identity theory of mind. He takes above claim as a reasonable scientific hypothesis. I shall argue why it is not as he claims. At first, to pave the way for refutation, I will briefly clarify Place's approach to the subject in hand; although the rest of the paper will also contain more details about his position. Then, I will reduce his position into four theses and try to prove that the main claim of type identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise. I think that we ought to regard type identity theory, at most, just as a hypothesis which approximately displays the function of mind-brain relationship but tells us nothing justifiably about its true nature.http://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_4703_635.htmlmindbrainidentityanalytic and synthetica posteriori necessityinternalism |
| spellingShingle | Mahdi Soleimani Khourmouji Place Goes Wrong in Treating Mind-brain Relationship Journal of Philosophical Investigations mind brain identity analytic and synthetic a posteriori necessity internalism |
| title | Place Goes Wrong in Treating Mind-brain Relationship |
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| title_short | Place Goes Wrong in Treating Mind-brain Relationship |
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| topic | mind brain identity analytic and synthetic a posteriori necessity internalism |
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