University of Tabriz Journal of Philosophical Investigations 2251-7960 9 17 2016 02 20 Place goes wrong in treating mind-brain relationship: Clarifying why identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise Place goes wrong in treating mind-brain relationship: Clarifying why identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise 173 202 14816 FA Mahdi Soleimani Khormuji PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran Journal Article 2014 05 10 U. T. Place claims that philosophical problems concerning the true nature of mind-brain relationship will be disappeared or settled in favor of materialism, especially type identity theory of mind. He takes above claim as a reasonable scientific hypothesis. I shall argue why it is not as he claims. At the first, to pave the way for refutation, I will briefly clarify Place's approach to subject in hand; although the rest of paper will be also contained more details about his position. Then, I will reduce his position into four theses and try to prove that the main claim of type identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise. I think that we ought to take type identity theory, at most, just as a hypothesis approximately displays the function of mind-brain relationship but tells us nothing justifiably about its true nature. U. T. Place claims that philosophical problems concerning the true nature of mind-brain relationship will be disappeared or settled in favor of materialism, especially type identity theory of mind. He takes above claim as a reasonable scientific hypothesis. I shall argue why it is not as he claims. At the first, to pave the way for refutation, I will briefly clarify Place's approach to subject in hand; although the rest of paper will be also contained more details about his position. Then, I will reduce his position into four theses and try to prove that the main claim of type identity theory is neither reasonable nor a mere scientific problem in disguise. I think that we ought to take type identity theory, at most, just as a hypothesis approximately displays the function of mind-brain relationship but tells us nothing justifiably about its true nature. https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14816_08d9d65626e539a6556c824f51532cf4.pdf