Perhaps, particular mental states, such as pain, are identical to particular brain states, such as nerve firing, but they are not necessarily identical in general {token-identity theory, monism} {token-identity thesis} {token physicalism}. Because mental events can have different neural pathways, they can be instances, not types. Mental events have physical events. Mental states include beliefs and pains.
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