Can the Leibnizian principle of the indiscernibility of identicals be used as an argument against the psych-neural type identity, that is, against the theory according to which mental propertiens are nothing but neural properties? We argue that (1) Leibniz's law cannot provide a reason to reject the identity theory and (2) it makes very hard to distinguish between two different versions of the psycho-neural identity theory, the weaker 'token identity' theory and the stronger 'type identity' theory.
(2018). Leibniz's principle and psycho-neural identity . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/133284
Leibniz's principle and psycho-neural identity
Bottani, Andrea;Paternoster, Alfredo
2018-01-01
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Can the Leibnizian principle of the indiscernibility of identicals be used as an argument against the psych-neural type identity, that is, against the theory according to which mental propertiens are nothing but neural properties? We argue that (1) Leibniz's law cannot provide a reason to reject the identity theory and (2) it makes very hard to distinguish between two different versions of the psycho-neural identity theory, the weaker 'token identity' theory and the stronger 'type identity' theory.File allegato/i alla scheda:
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