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Single Idea 6158

[filed under theme 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 5. Supervenience of mind ]

Full Idea

One often finds a supervenience thesis concerning the relation between mental and physical properties combined with a token identity theory concerning the relation between mental and physical particulars.

Clarification

'Token identity' asserts identity with something, but of no particular type

Gist of Idea

Supervenience of mental and physical properties often comes with token-identity of mental and physical particulars

Source

Mark Rowlands (Externalism [2003], Ch.2)

Book Ref

Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.21

A Reaction

This brings out the important clarifying point that supervenience is said to be between properties, not substances. The point is that supervenience will always cry out for an explanation, preferably a sensible one.

The 16 ideas from 'Externalism'

6177 Moral intuition seems unevenly distributed between people [Rowlands]
6178 It is common to see the value of nature in one feature, such as life, diversity, or integrity [Rowlands]
6156 The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space [Rowlands]
6158 Supervenience of mental and physical properties often comes with token-identity of mental and physical particulars [Rowlands]
6157 Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds [Rowlands]
6155 Supervenience is a one-way relation of dependence or determination between properties [Rowlands]
6154 It is argued that wholes possess modal and counterfactual properties that parts lack [Rowlands]
6152 Minds are rational, conscious, subjective, self-knowing, free, meaningful and self-aware [Rowlands]
6161 Structuralism is neo-Kantian idealism, with language playing the role of categories of understanding [Rowlands]
6163 If bivalence is rejected, then excluded middle must also be rejected [Rowlands]
6159 Strong idealism is the sort of mess produced by a Cartesian separation of mind and world [Rowlands]
6168 The content of a thought is just the meaning of a sentence [Rowlands]
6167 Action is bodily movement caused by intentional states [Rowlands]
6170 Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79 [Rowlands]
6173 Content externalism implies that we do not have privileged access to our own minds [Rowlands]
6174 If someone is secretly transported to Twin Earth, others know their thoughts better than they do [Rowlands]