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When pondering consciousness, people commonly distinguish between the physical characteristics of neurons firing signals throughout the body and the mental aspects of how being alive actually feels. Furthermore when studying consciousness, the imposing battle between physicalists, people who believe the physical and mental aspects are the same, and dualists, people who believe the physical and mental are two distinct aspects, brings about controversy. In What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel claims, â€Å"it would be a mistake to conclude that physicalism must be false† but then goes on to add, â€Å"physicalism is a position we cannot understand because we do not at present have any conception of how it might be true.† Even though the claims appear mutually exclusive and Nagel states that physicalism is incomprehensible, Nagel’s claims are able to be simultaneously true and his conditions for understanding physicalism are improper. In What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Nagel states the definition of physicalism is that â€Å"mental states are states of the body; mental events are physical events.† Just as John DeGioia and the current President of Georgetown are different titles that correspond to the same object, mental states and physical states correspond to the same phenomena. Nagel also writes ambiguously about what he believes we cannot understand about physicalism. Through implication, Nagel’s intentions for the second claim are that we are unable to comprehend physicalism as it isShow MoreRelatedWood Bats Should Be Used For The Ncaa1450 Words   |  6 Pages Wood Bats Should Be Used in the NCAA Trent Ream University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Abstract A major topic that comes up when people start to talk about college baseball and the bats they use. They went back and forth debating on whether or not the NCAA should switch to wood bats. Reasons why people think they should switch to wood bats. 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