The Mind-Brain Identity Theory

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.

Видео The Mind-Brain Identity Theory канала Jeffrey Kaplan