@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Churchland,Patricia}, subject = {Identity Theory}, note = {II 472 Identity Theory/Brain/Consciousness/Searle: Vs Identification of conscious states with brain states. Instead: the brain causes these states. Correlations can be an indication of causality, but they are not a reference to identity. >Causality, >Causal relation, >Correlation. ChurchlandVsSearle: Searle does not see why scientists advocate identity: depending on the data situation, it is more plausible than the assumption that a is caused by a different b. (But Searle is not a dualist). >Dualism, >Monism, >Property dualism. Identity instead of causation: e.g. Identity: Current is electron flow, it is not the causation of this flow. E.g. genes are not caused by base pairs of DNA, they are these base pairs. >Causation, >Brain states, >Consciousness, >Mental state, >Mind.}, note = { Churla I Paul M. Churchland Matter and Consciousness Cambridge 2013 Churli I Patricia S. Churchland Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Brains New York 2014 Churli II Patricia S. Churchland "Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything about Consciousness?" in: The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates ed. Block, Flanagan, Güzeldere pp. 127-140 In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=792169} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=792169} }