PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Epiphenomenalism, Category Mistake, Behaviorism
1 Oct 2016
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Last week: objectivity + subjectivity + value in science, started thinking about concept of mind (mind-body problem, ^related problem problem of consciousness. Category mistake to say mind is substance w/ its own pseudo-mechanical processes parallel to body. Attributes origin of mistake to descartes" claim that from cogito, you can conclude you are a thinking thing . Minds are things, but different sorts of things from bodies; mental processes are causes and effects, but different sorts of causes and effects from bodily movements. What does he mean by mind and matter are terms of different logical type? (428) Contrast b/w mind + body is as illegitimate as would be the contrast of she came home in a flood of tears" and she came home in a sedan chair" . Bailey says that ryle treats mental states as dispositions/tendencies to behave in certain ways.
