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'Parmenides', 'Mapping the Mind' and 'Pref to new 'Materialist Theory''
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
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Out-of-body experiences may be due to temporary loss of proprioception [Carter,R]
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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 1. Behaviourism
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Behaviourism is false, but mind is definable as the cause of behaviour [Armstrong]
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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour
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The manifestations of a disposition need never actually exist [Armstrong]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism
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Causal Functionalism says mental states are apt for producing behaviour [Armstrong]
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17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 5. Teleological Functionalism
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A causal theory of mentality would be improved by a teleological element [Armstrong]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
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The identity of mental states with physical properties is contingent, because the laws of nature are contingent [Armstrong]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
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Scans of brains doing similar tasks produce very similar patterns of activation [Carter,R]
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Thinking takes place on the upper side of the prefrontal cortex [Carter,R]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / b. Multiple realisability
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One mental role might be filled by a variety of physical types [Armstrong]
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