Is my mind my brain? 2: Substance dualism

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1. How did Princess Elizabeth object to substance dualism?

  • I can conceive of impossible things, so the modal argument is false
  • I can't conceive of every possible thing in the world, so the modal argument is false
  • If dualism is true then minds are extended and bodies are not, which means they cannot causally interact with each other, but since they can causally interact with each other, dualism is false
  • Descartes' appeal to god is circular, which means he cannot be sure of what he knows exists, so dualism is false
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2. What is a modal argument?

  • An argument that hinges on the notion of possibility
  • An argument in which the premises can't be proven or disproven
  • An argument with true premises but a false conclusion
  • An argument for a philosophy of mind theory

3. Who is the most famous substance dualist?

  • René Descartes
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Aristotle
  • David Hume

4. Monism:

  • Your mind is a completely distinct thing from your body
  • There is only one kind of thing in the world (everything is either physical or mental)
  • If you just are your body, then it shouldn’t be possible to imagine that your body could stop existing, while you continue to exist
  • There are mental and physical things in the world; everything that exists is either a physical thing or a mental thing but nothing is both

5. Dualism:

  • There are mental and physical things in the world; everything that exists is either a physical thing or a mental thing but nothing is both
  • There is only one kind of thing in the world (everything is either physical or mental)
  • There are causal interactions between your mind and items in the physical world
  • Thinking is something that can only be done by nonmaterial mental things, and only material things can be spatial

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