Dualism in Action

Wave-particle dualism in action

Wave-particle dualism is at the very heart of quantum mechanics. It manifests itself mostprominently in the double-slit experiment that has given rise to a fascinating discussion of “which-slit” information versus interference. In the present talk we analyze [1,2] two recent experiments[3,4] reporting simultaneous observation of “which-slit” and interference. Moreover, we introd...

Dualism in Disguise

Dualism revisited.

The problem of consciousness should eventually receive a scientific solution, but there are a number of scientific and philosophical obstacles along the way. I offer solutions to the philosophical problems and proposals for approaching the scientific problems.

Undefeated dualism

In the standard thought experiments, dualism strikes many philosophers as true, including many non-dualists. This ‘striking’ generates prima facie justification: in the absence of defeaters, we ought to believe that things are as they seem to be, i.e. we ought to be dualists. In this paper, I examine several proposed undercutting defeaters for our dualist intuitions. I argue that each proposal ...

Cartesian dualism and psychosomatics.

Ajarring surprise greets the reader of 20th century psychosomatic literature who comes to it after having been immersed in 17th and 18th century materials. The mind-body dualism credited to Descartes is referred to with uncommon frequency and is usually said to have exercised an overwhelmingly negative influence on modem medicine. Roy R. Grinker, for example, bitterly blames Cartesian dualism f...