THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM AND THE MIND/BRAIN IDENTITY THEORY ( D According to identity theory we can legitimately talk about mind but we need to keep the very fact in mind that any talk about metal states is just another way of talking about the corresponding brain states Parallel to this case: it is fairly okay to talk about water, but you need to know that water is nothing but h,oTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM AND THE MIND/BRAIN IDENTITY THEORY (I) According to identity theory, we can legitimately talk about mind, but we need to keep the very fact in mind that any talk about metal states is just another way of talking about the corresponding brain states. Parallel to this case: it is fairly okay to talk about water, but you need to know that water is nothing but H2O