HC 3 Flashcards
Mind-Body Identity Theory (MBIT)
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Identity Theory
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All mental states are identical to certain brain states, aka Reductive Materialism
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Rigid Designator
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A term that continues to be used for the same things
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Eliminativism
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The view that mental states do not exist
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Star Trek Assumption
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The idea that physical properties determine mental properties
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Mind-body Supervenience
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The claim that mental properties are supervenient on physical properties
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Leibniz’s Law
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If two things are one and the same, then they must be the same thing
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Contingent Truths
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Statements that could have been false in another contexts, e.g., “Warnings signs are always triangular”
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Necessary Truths
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Statements that are always true regardless of the circumstances, e.g., “Triangles always have three sides”
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