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[from 'Thinking about Consciousness' by David Papineau, in 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind ]

Full Idea

Anybody writing seriously about mind-brain issues nowadays needs to explain whether they think of materialism in terms of identity, token identity, realization, or supervenience.

Gist of Idea

The only serious mind-brain theories now are identity, token identity, realization and supervenience

Source

David Papineau (Thinking about Consciousness [2002], Intro §6)

Book Reference

Papineau,David: 'Thinking about Consciousness' [OUP 2004], p.8


A Reaction

Dualists are not invited. Functionalists are attending a different party. I wonder if his four categories collapse into two: the token/supervenience view, and the identity/realization view?