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"Success is a mental phenomenon, not a physical one," he says.
According to a "type-identity" theory, every type of mental phenomenon is some (naturally specifiable) type of physical phenomenon.
Not only is every mental phenomenon constituted by physical phenomena, but every property of the mental crucially depends upon some physical property.
Accordingly, many materialist philosophers have retreated to a "token-identity" theory, according to which every mental phenomenon is identical to some physical phenomenon.
In the mid-1980's while at Children Television Workshop, he began giving short corporate lectures on the dynamics of memory, leadership qualities, personal interaction and other mental phenomenon, a side business that grew into an act.
One might be tempted to dismiss at least a blanket eliminativist view that denies the reality of any mental phenomenon by asking how any such theory could explain one's own present conscious thoughts and experiences.
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But other mental phenomena are especially puzzling in this regard.
But he pointed out that the same is true for much more familiar mental phenomena.
In any event, it is important to note that not all mental phenomena are conscious.
One simple example concerns the relation of many mental phenomena to physical space.
Many mental phenomena do not appear (at least initially) to be propositional attitudes.
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