PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Physicalism, Chauvinism
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He starts the tradition on the philosophy of mind. Views we are trying to develop today are responses that date back to decartes. Table is a thing but colour is a property. Main problem of his theory: things that go on in your mind cause a reaction on your body (how can you separate this connection) Dilemma: two options: two horns (one for each view). Each view will have its own consequences and problems. One horn: *he was begging the question (assume that he exists) Two horns:*there is thinking going on (not entitled to go from there is thinking to. The human mind is just the human brain. Every type of human mental state is a brain state. (belief or memory) Physicalist will say that belief is just identical to your brain state. It denies mentality to anything that is not human. Decartes thought humans were the only ones to feel pain.
