Identity Theory of Mind | Philosophy Glossary

What is an Identity Theory in philosophy? And specifically, what is the identity theory of mind? What different kinds of identity theory are there, and what problems do they have? You'll know in 5 minutes of this Philosophy Glossary explainer! Sorry about the sound quality in this one – I completely messed up the recording! More Philosophy Glossary: A Priori & a Posteriori    • What do A Priori / A Posteriori mean? | Ph...   Analytic & Synthetic    • What do Analytic and Synthetic mean? | Phi...   Necessity, contingency, possibility    • Necessity, contingency, possibility | Phil...   Necessary and Sufficient Conditions    • Necessary and Sufficient Conditions | Phil...   Nominalism    • What is Nominalism? | Philosophy Glossary   Realism and Anti-Realism    • Realism and Anti-Realism | Philosophy Glos...   Behaviourism    • Behaviourism | Philosophy Glossary   00:00 - Intro 00:22 - What is an identity theory? 00:55 - In Philosophy of mind 01:31 - Not about meaning 02:15 - Different kinds of identity theory 03:13 - Problems for type-type theory 03:45 - Token-token Identity theory 04:41 - Brief history of identity theory 05:05 - Identity theory today 05:32 - Wrap up If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, leave me a comment below. Links: My academic philosophy page: http://markjago.net My book What Truth Is: http://bit.ly/JagoTruth Most of my publications are available freely here: https://philpapers.org/s/Mark%20Jago Get in touch on Social media! Instagram:   / atticphilosophy   Twitter:   / philosophyattic   #identity #philosophy #mind