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"identity theory" says that mental states are identical with physicochemical states of the brain
[[Sir John Eccles]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for his study of nerve transmission, edited the volume and authored many of its articles. [http://www.paragonhouse.com/catalog/product_info.php?authors_id=23&products_id=25]
[[Sir John Eccles]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize]] for his study of nerve transmission, edited the volume and authored many of its articles. [http://www.paragonhouse.com/catalog/product_info.php?authors_id=23&products_id=25]
* According to the prevailing scientific theory of the mind -- known as "[[identity theory]]" -- mental states are identical with physicochemical states of the brain. The brain is regarded as a supercomplex computer in which material processes in the [[cerebral cortex]] somehow generate thoughts and feelings. [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm]