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What is the phenomenological fallacy, according to type-identity theorists?2 pointsSensations have certain properties that cannot be identified with the brain or the external worldPhenomenology is an emergent property that can be explained by complex brain statesOur senses can trick us, so we must rely only on introspection and reason to make sense of the external worldWe do not have phenomenological powers

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What is the phenomenological fallacy, according to type-identity theorists?2 pointsSensations have certain properties that cannot be identified with the brain or the external worldPhenomenology is an emergent property that can be explained by complex brain statesOur senses can trick us, so we must rely only on introspection and reason to make sense of the external worldWe do not have phenomenological powers

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The phenomenological fallacy, according to type-identity theorists, is the idea that sensations have certain properties that cannot be identified with the brain or the external world. This is a fallacy because type-identity theorists argue that every mental state is identical to a physical state of the brain. Therefore, any properties of sensations must also be properties of brain states. This view rejects the idea that there are any properties of sensations that are not also properties of physical states.

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