Substance Dualism
- Created by: reayofsunshine
- Created on: 11-02-17 16:53
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- Substance Dualism
- Mind and Body are SEPARATE substances which both exist
- Substance is a subject which has various properties
- The rug on the floor has the properties of being soft and red
- Properties cant exist on their own without a substance which has those properties
- Substance is a subject which has various properties
- The mind is a substance
- properties of the mind
- Thoughts
- Intentions
- feelings
- emotions
- properties of the mind
- The other substance of the Human is the BODY
- Has properties of being
- Young
- Old
- Freckled
- It has the property of 'extension' as it takes up space and has measurements
- Has properties of being
- In substance dualism the mind is not extended (does not take up space) but does have properties of thought (mental capabilities
- In contrast, the physical body does have extension but does not have properties of thought
- The two distinct substances are attached to each other and form a human being
- A person with both physical and mental capabilities
- Plato, Socrates and Pythagoras believed that
- we have an essential non physical self which could be capable of existing without the body
- Some people have had 'out of body' experiences
- Supporting the idea that we are made of more than just our bodies
- Some people have had 'out of body' experiences
- we have an essential non physical self which could be capable of existing without the body
- Mind and Body are SEPARATE substances which both exist
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