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Ideas for 'Logical Consequence', 'later work' and 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind'

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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

6625	If qualia are causally inert, how can we even know about them? [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 4. Behaviourism Critique

6621	You can only identify behaviour by ascribing belief, so the behaviour can't explain the belief [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

6654	A computer program is equivalent to the person AND the manual [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 8. Functionalism critique

6629	Functionalism commits us to bizarre possibilities, such as 'zombies' [Lowe]

6623	Functionalism can't distinguish our experiences in spectrum inversion [Lowe]

6628	Functionalism only discusses relational properties of mental states, not intrinsic properties [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 3. Property Dualism

6622	Non-reductive physicalism accepts token-token identity (not type-type) and asserts 'supervenience' of mind and brain [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

6634	Physicalists must believe in narrow content (because thoughts are merely the brain states) [Lowe]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

6630	Eliminativism is incoherent if it eliminates reason and truth as well as propositional attitudes [Lowe]