Is my mind my brain? 2: Substance dualism
- Created by: Philosophy Emma
- Created on: 27-09-19 15:32
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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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