Single Idea 6380

[catalogued under 17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind]

Full Idea

Identity theories locate consciousness at a certain order of abstraction, typically among neurophysiological states, events, processes, or properties.

Gist of Idea

Identity theory says consciousness is an abstraction: a state, event, process or property

Source

Thomas W. Polger (Natural Minds [2004], Ch.7.6)

Book Reference

Polger,Thomas W.: 'Natural Minds' [MIT 2004], p.240


A Reaction

I increasingly think that processes are the answer. My new analogy for the mind is a waterfall: its physical ontology is simple, it only exists because there is a sustained process, and it is far too complex to predict individual droplet outcomes.