Identity theory posits that conscious states are constituted by specific physical states or processes, such as the feeling of pain being constituted by c-fibers firing, seeing red by neural activity in the visual cortex, or the feeling of love by neural activity involving serotonin and oxytocin.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Cambridge University Press
  Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness

Sources

• Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press via serper

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• pain concept
• conscious states concept
• neuronal activity concept
• oxytocin concept
• visual cortex concept
• Identity theory concept