The Mind-Brain Identity Theory

Video Description

I am writing a book! If you want to know when it is ready (and maybe win a free copy), submit your email on my website: https://www.jeffreykaplan.org/ I won’t spam you or share your email address with anyone. Here is some background material. Dualism & Physicalism: https://youtu.be/P3pmVf3Gs70 Princess Elisabeth's attack on Dualism: https://youtu.be/kJIZzmUpfmk Behaviorism: https://youtu.be/k715B-2t-YU Putnam's attack on Behaviorism: https://youtu.be/lRI95Vdc5CU This is a video lecture about a the 1956 paper "Is Consciousness a Brain Process?" by U.T. Place. This lecture distinguishes the "is"s of identity, prediction, definition, and composition. And I explain how Place uses these distinctions to defend the identity theory from a common line of attack. The central idea is that the mind-brain identity theory is a scientific hypothesis, which cannot be rejected or disproven on logical grounds alone. This is part of an introductory philosophy course.