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| Identity theory (philosophy of the mind): the thesis that mind states are nothing but states of the brain. Types of identity theory are the weaker assumption of a type-type identity and the stronger assumption of a token-token identity._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Saul A. Kripke on Identity Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
Frank I 32 Identity Theory/mental/physical/Kripke/Frank: the identity theory teaches the diversity of the logical subjects of the physical and the psychic. I attribute the physical to a naturalistic vocabulary (syntactic structures), the mental to a mentalistic one (semantic structures). >Physical/psychic, >Naturalism, >Mentalism. Frank I 32 KripkeVsIdentity Theory: the identity theory will not go further than that an identity between syntactic and semantic structures would, if at all, be based on the fact that the semantic is not without the syntactic, but this does not sufficiently determine it through the syntactic - which is a variant of the supervenience thesis. >Supervenience. Frank I 114 KripkeVsIdentity Theory: it is conceivable that a psychic event (e.g. pain) occurs without a physical event - hence the two are not identical. It is not an essential property of the sensation of pain to be a psychic event - it is rather only an accidental property. >Pain/Kripke, >Properties/Kripke. Frank I 123 KripkeVsIdentity Theory: identity theory asserts a contingent identity - however, as it is necessary, we cannot speak of a deception if we try to imagine that the identity statement is false! It could have turned out that pain is not C fiber stimulation: this is no analogy to heat/molecular motion. We pick out heat because of its contingent property that it feels a certain way. We pick out pain by the necessary property to feel like pain. KripkeVsLewis: the causal role suggests the misconception that the cause of pain is contingent. >Contingency/Kripke, >Causal role. Saul A. Kripke (1972): Naming and Necessity, in: Davidson/Harmann (eds.) (1972), pp. 253-355._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Kripke I S.A. Kripke Naming and Necessity, Dordrecht/Boston 1972 German Edition: Name und Notwendigkeit Frankfurt 1981 Kripke II Saul A. Kripke "Speaker’s Reference and Semantic Reference", in: Midwest Studies in Philosophy 2 (1977) 255-276 In Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993 Kripke III Saul A. Kripke Is there a problem with substitutional quantification? In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J McDowell, Oxford 1976 Kripke IV S. A. Kripke Outline of a Theory of Truth (1975) In Recent Essays on Truth and the Liar Paradox, R. L. Martin (Hg), Oxford/NY 1984 Fra I M. Frank (Hrsg.) Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18