The problem of the many minds

Bradley Monton; Sanford Goldberg

doi:10.1007/s11023-006-9045-z

The problem of the many minds

Bradley Monton, Sanford Goldberg^*

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Philosophy

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It is argued that, given certain reasonable premises, an infinite number of qualitatively identical but numerically distinct minds exist per functioning brain. The three main premises are (1) mental properties supervene on brain properties; (2) the universe is composed of particles with nonzero extension; and (3) each particle is composed of continuum many point-sized bits of particle-stuff, and these points of particlestuff persist through time.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	463-470
Number of pages	8
Journal	Minds and Machines
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-006-9045-z
State	Published - Dec 2006

Keywords

Functionalism
Individuation
Mind
Supervenience

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Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence

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