PHLB81H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blue Circle Industries, Type Physicalism, Mental Event
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Week #4 lecture #4: tuesday september 27, 2016. Explaining and putting it in your own words. To someone who never heard it before. Explain what a cm is and why ryle thinks it"s a mistake. What is going on in your mind is identical to what"s going on in your brain. The plan: identity theory, place: is consciousness a brain process, smart: sensations and brain processes. Big questions: what is the mind, is it physical or non-physical, do we have minds at all, what is its relationship to the brain, identity theory. It is the brain, in a way. Donated his brain and is put on display at an uni. Asked to describe your consciousness, would describe what"s going on in your mind rn: brains. Brain is a weird electric thing that is in your head. Brain and mind have different kinds of properties. Brain is just a grey goop firing electricity. Stare at the blue circle for 20secs.
