PHL240H1 Lecture Notes - Patricia Churchland, Mental Property, Inverse-Square Law
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1. if we"re choosing between two theories, the simpler is preferred: according to physicalism there is one fundamental kind of stuff: physical stuff, according to substance dualism, there are two kinds of fundamental stuff: mental stuff and physical stuff, physicalism is simpler than substance dualism, we should prefer physicalism to substance dualism. 2: a&b swapped bodies implications of interpretation 2 body theory is false but psychological theory may not be true psychological theory says that the psychological relations that strike us in this case are all there is to personal identity soul theory says: the psychological relations are a sign of what really matters the soul you can switch bodies when your soul moves brain theory says same brain, same person" brain plays same role as the soul: the underlying thing that is responsible for, but not defined in terms of, psychological relations so you can swap bodies if your brain moves four ways to swap bodies".
