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    Challenges→Type-type identity theory offers a solution to the explanatory gap problem with respect to qualia.

    If 'pain is C-fiber firing' is contingent, the identity theory fails to eliminate the gap; if necessary, it requires an explanation of why the identity is not knowable a priori that type identity theory cannot supply.

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    C-fiber firing(an example of a physical phenomenon being compared)
    The electrical activation of nerve fibers in your nervous system, often used as an example of a physical, brain-based process.
    Identity theory(Contrasted with dualism in philosophy of mind)
    The philosophical position that mental states are identical to brain states (mind-brain identity theory)
    Necessary(ontological distinction in Mulla Sadra's metaphysics)
    The principle, God; pure existence without essence, quality or property that undergoes change or motion
    The explanatory gap(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The puzzle of why we can't seem to explain why physical brain activity creates the feeling of consciousness or subjective experience like pain.
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    (Frege treats 'analytic' as entailing 'a priori' for arithmetic.)
    Knowable independently of empirical experience; here treated as a consequence of analyticity.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).

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