Single Idea 2537

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind]

Full Idea

The question is whether mental and physical types (which are properties) are distinct, and whether mental and physical tokens (which are events) are distinct.

Gist of Idea

Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not?

Source

Scott Sturgeon (Matters of Mind [2000], Intro)

Book Reference

Sturgeon,Scott: 'Matters of Mind' [Routledge 2000], p.5


A Reaction

Helpful. While the first one gives us the rather dodgy notion of 'property dualism', the second one seems to imply Cartesian dualism, if the events really are distinct. It seems to me that thought is an aspect of brain events, not a distinct event.