Editing Metaphysics (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Theories of Mind and Their Trade-offs
! Theory !! Mental = !! Explains Qualia !! Causal Efficacy || Multiple Realizability
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| Substance dualism || Non-physical substance || Yes || Interaction problem || Yes
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| Identity theory || Brain state tokens || Poorly || Yes || No (too restrictive)
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| Functionalism || Functional role || Incompletely || Yes || Yes
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| Eliminativism || Doesn't exist (folk psychology is false) || Dissolves problem || Yes || N/A
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| Property dualism || Physical substance, non-physical properties || Yes || Epiphenomenalism risk || Yes
|}

'''Classic puzzles and thought experiments''': The zombie argument (Chalmers): conceivable that beings physically identical to us lack consciousness → physicalism is false. Mary's Room (Jackson): Mary knows all physical facts about color but learns something new on seeing red → physicalism is false. Teleporter paradox: if your body is disassembled and reassembled elsewhere, is it still you? The ship of Theseus: as parts are replaced one by one, at what point does the ship cease to be the same ship?
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