Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) / quote 91 of 138
The mental qua mental is physical qua physical
This is one of the most important messages of this book. Once you revise the traditional categories to fit the facts, there is no problem in recognizing that the mental qua mental is physical qua physical. You have to revise the traditional Cartesian definitions of both “mental” and “physical,” but those definitions were inadequate to the facts in any case.