PHL204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pineapple, A Priori And A Posteriori, Personal Identity
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The mind/body problem: mind, mental states, not a thing , thoughts- beliefs, desires etc, experiences- eg. tasting a pineapple, pain, being in love etc, body, brain, problem, the nature of the relation between mind and body. Significance - why should we care: god and afterlife, means of knowledge, ai, mental health/lifestyle, personal identity over time. The identity theory= the mind is the same as the brain. Being the same age as": applies to itself, symmetry. Taller than" (three requirements if a =b and b =c then a =c: all the above, numerical identity is reflexive, symmetrical and transitive. The identity theory= mental states are in a relation of a posterior numerical identity to brain states. If you have a brain you have a mind. Incompatible properties: mental states have certain properties and so do brain states, these two have incompatible properties, cancel each other out. Private (only you have access to your thoughts) public (science)
