“It just establishes that if they exist, they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory.”
But thats not the whole problem. It establishes they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory, and Chalmerserian dualism, and a bunch of other theories (but maybe not
Cartesian dualism).
Tests need to distinguish between theories, and yours doesn’t.
I… err… what? My mastery of the English language is insufficient to compute the meaning of the I-assume-is-a sentence above.
I meant
“It just establishes that if they exist, they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory.”
But thats not the whole problem. It establishes they covary with physical states in the way that would be expected from identity theory, and Chalmerserian dualism, and a bunch of other theories (but maybe not Cartesian dualism).
Tests need to distinguish between theories, and yours doesn’t.
Hmm. I thought it did. I guess I need to review a few things.