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Professor Norman Malcolm argues that even if the scientific materialist identity theorist (the materialist, for short) were right — and thoughts were brain processes — still this would not advance him towards his ultimate goal: a homogeneous and universal system of explanation in terms of the entities of physics.
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Sosa, E. (1970). Professor Malcolm on ‘Scientific materialism and the Identity Theory’. In: The Mind-Brain Identity Theory. Controversies in Philosophy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15364-0_18
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