Part 3 identity theory

What is usually meant by the term "chauvinism"?

• A political ideology focused on environmentalism.
• A belief in equal rights for all groups.
• An excessive or aggressive loyalty to one's own group, often implying superiority over others.
• A form of economic policy favoring free trade.

Which of these is the definition of TOKEN identity?

• General classes of identity

• Specific instances of that identity

"Wishing it was Friday at 7am on Monday 17th March, 2025" and "Wishing it was Friday at 8am on Monday 17th March, 2025" ---- Are these two mental states TYPE or TOKEN identical to each other?

• Type identical

• Token identical

How many TOKENS of letters are there in the word "intuition"?

• 5

• 9

Why might it be chauvinistic to believe that "Pain" is numerically identical to "C-fibres firing"?

• Because people who have C-fibres tend to be on the extreme right of politics

• Because C-fibres are associated with feelings of prejudice

• Because it maintains that any being without C-fibres can't feel pain

What empirical evidence against "type identity theory" did the textbook mention?

• Scientists have machines which can detect the immaterial nature of consciousness

• Scientists have discovered that C-fibres have nothing to do with pain

• Scientists have discovered that D-fibres are most associated with pain

• Stroke victim recovery suggests that the brain can uses different types of brain states to do the same mental process

What was the name of the suggested identity theorist's solution to the problem of chauvanism?

• "The type approach"

• "The token approach"

What does "the token approach" contend?

• That pain is only identical to C-fibres firing

• That pain can be multiply realised as say A-fibres, B-fibres etc.

Which of these is NOT an objection to "the token approach" to identity?

• Every species would have to have its own unique type of pain

• How are the pains of all these species "all pain"?

• The token approach is chauvinistic

• If the only thing that links these "pains" is behaviour, then this is just behaviourism now.

Filler question --- what kind of theory is identity theory?

• Dualist

• Physicalist