Question
The “eliminative” form of this position claims that psychological states, like beliefs and desires, do not correspond to real phenomena. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this dominant metaphysical position in the philosophy of mind. Type identity theory is a form of this position that argues that mental states correspond directly to brain processes.
ANSWER: physicalism [or materialism; accept eliminative physicalism or eliminative materialism]
[10m] Mind-brain identity theory exemplifies this scientific process of explaining a process in terms of more fundamental phenomena, as in explaining chemistry with atomic physics.
ANSWER: reduction [accept word forms, like reductive physicalism]
[10e] The difficulty of reducing one’s subjective experience to brain processes is central to the “hard problem” of this phenomenon, the state of being aware of one’s existence.
ANSWER: consciousness [accept hard problem of consciousness]
<Vincent Du, RMP - Philosophy> ~23328~ <Editor: Vincent Du>
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