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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_theory_of_mind<br /> <br /> <br /> Type physicalism (also known as reductive materialism, type identity theory, mind-brain identity theory and identity theory of mind) is a physicalist theory, in philosophy of mind. It asserts that mental events can be grouped into types, and can then be correlated with types of physical events in the brain. For example, one type of mental event like &quot;mental pains&quot; will, presumably, turn out to be describing one type of physical event (like C-fiber firings).<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Structural Functional Materialism]] is different from [[identity theory of the mind]] or [[type physicalism]] in the sense that there is not a one to one unique relationship between a specific brain structure and functioning and a specific consciousness and [[ixperiencitness]]. [[Structural Functional Materialism]] proposes that identical [[structure and functioning]] in any brain will produce the same consciousness and ixperiencitness. Also that small variations in the structure and functioning of the brain can still produce the same consciousness and ixperiencitness. larger changes in the structure and functioning of the brain will produce a variation in the consciousness but the same [[ixperiencitness]]. This consequence of structural functional materialism is the potential for life after death, immortality, multiplicity, and enhancement of conscious existence.</div>

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