Why There Are No Token States

Journal of Philosophical Research 34:215-241 (2009)
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Abstract

The thesis that mental states are physical states enjoys widespread popularity. After the abandonment of typeidentity theories, however, this thesis has typically been framed in terms of state tokens. I argue that token states are a philosopher’s fiction, and that debates about the identity of mental and physical state tokens thus rest on a mistake

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Eric Marcus
Auburn University

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