Is my mind my brain? 1: Introductory lecture

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1. Substance dualism:

  • Your mind is completely distinct from your brain/body
  • Your mind is a functional system (like software programme) that runs on the hardware of your brain
  • Your mind is identical to your physical brain
  • Your mind can extend beyond the body and brain
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2. Functionalism:

  • Your mind is completely distinct from your brain/body
  • Your mind is a functional system (like software programme) that runs on the hardware of your brain
  • Your mind is identical to your physical brain
  • Your mind can extend beyond the body and brain

3. Eliminativism:

  • Everything, including your body, is, in some important sense, mental
  • Your mind is completely distinct from your brain/body
  • Your mind, at least as we think of it, does not exist
  • Your mind is identical to your physical brain

4. Identity theory:

  • Your mind is identical to your physical brain
  • Your mind is completely distinct from your brain/body
  • Everything, including your body, is, in some important sense, mental
  • Your mind can extend beyond the body and brain

5. Idealism:

  • Your mind can extend beyond the body and brain
  • Everything, including your body, is, in some important sense, mental
  • Your mind is a functional system (like software programme) that runs on the hardware of your brain
  • Your mind is identical to your physical brain

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