Full Idea
Type physicalism is, roughly, the doctrine that psychological kinds are identical to neurological kinds.
Clarification
'Type physicalism' says a given type of mental event is inseparable from a given type of physical event.
Gist of Idea
Type physicalism equates mental kinds with physical kinds
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (The Elm and the Expert [1993], App A n.1)
Book Reference
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'The Elm and the Expert' [MIT 1995], p.126
A Reaction
This gets my general support, leaving open the nature of 'kinds'. Presumably the identity is strict, as in 'Hesperus is identical to Phosphorus'. It seems unlikely that if you and I think the 'same' thought, that we have strictly identical brain states.