| Substance Dualism: | Mind and body are two different
things. (Descartes, Moreland)
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| Idealism: | Minds and their ideas are all that exist.
"Bodies" are just certain ideas in minds. (Berkeley)
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| Physicalism: | There is no mental substance. "Minds" are
just physical things. (Churchland)
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| Identity Theory: | "Mental states
are physical states of the brain."
(P 254a) (a version of physicalism)
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| Property Dualism: | Mental states are non-physical properties of
the brain.
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| Functionalism: | A mental state is any state that plays a
certain causal role (function) in behavior.
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