Substance Dualism - Philosophy Of The Mind

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  • Created on: 02-06-14 11:14
Descartes has how many arguements to prove his theory?
3
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One is the argument from....
Doubt
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Another is the argument from....
Divisibility
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The next is....
Clear and Distinct Ideas
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The Argument From Doubt is....
I can doubt my body exists, but not my mind
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The Argument From Divisibility is.....
My body is divisible into parts but my mind is not, so my mind and body are seperate entities
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The Argument From Clear & Distinct Ideas is......
I can clearly and distinctly concieve of myself as a mind existing seperately from my body
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Descartes believes consciousness....
has no need to havve an explaination as it's a basic feature of the mind
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Descartes Argument for Clear and Distinct Ideas.....
....is circular
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Ryle believes Descartes makes, what?
A category mistake: because he thought the mind is different from someone's behaviour when in fact they are the same thing
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Who said: The mind has no location in order to intermingle with matter, which IS located
Elizabeth Of Bohemia
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Substance Dualism is a reductive theory of the mind. True or False?
False
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One is the argument from....

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Doubt

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Another is the argument from....

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The next is....

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The Argument From Doubt is....

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