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This is the first 1,000 characters of 794 words (3.18 pages) in the essay titled The Identity Theory The identity theory, also known as reductive materialism, is one of the viewsChurchland uses to describe mind-brain correlation. Churchland believes that the mental states of the body are one and in the same (double aspectism) with brain states. They are the same because the biochemical actions produced in brain states (release of serotonin and acetylcholine) have direct interaction with the mental states (mood disorders such as depression). With the help of psychological and physiological evidence the identity theory can be better supported. It has not yet been proven but following along with the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of biochemical disorders of the brain the identity theory has a strong case towards becoming reality. Reductive materialism is known to be the reducing of mental activity into physical activity. In its simplest form thoughts are just states of the brain. This is basically a similar form of Descartes line, I think, therefore I am or vice versa. Churchland first tries to parallel the identity theory with sound and light. We now know that sound is just a train of compression waves traveling through the air... (BR323). Society does know or has some common sense notion of how sound travels, yet we still consider it just sound . Even though we are not automatically thinking when we here a sound, it is waves traveling through air , we are aware to the fact that is how sound travels. This parallelism is intertheoretic ... |
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Keywords: brain states, reductive materialism, i think therefore i am, sound travels, compression waves, vice versa, correlation, cognitive psychology, acetylcholine, serotonin, sense notion, physiological evidence, simplest form, correct account, neural activity, mental activity, becoming reality, symptoms diagnosis, mood disorders, parallelism