Materialist Theory For many centuries, people have pondered upon the question if there is a relation between what we think and what we do physically. Our physical brain gives way to a mind, full of thoughts and processes, but what interaction do the two have? Materialism is a way that people consider the relations between mind and matter to be inseparable. We are physical beings and our mental reactions are just by-products of a material process. Materialism can be summed up in three theses. The identification thesis equates mind with matter. States and processes of he mind are nothing more than physical states and processes. Materialists consider the