Quote: can not identify mental states with brain states without leaving out the mental; both are rigid designators

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[Identity theory] claimed that as a matter of contingent, … nervous system (Place 1956; Smart 1965). … [p. 39] The commonsense objection to any identity theory … modal argument is that the identification of mental … [because both states are rigid designators], and yet it cannot be necessary, because the mental could … thing."   Google-1   Google-2

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