Modal dualism is the claim that there a space of epistemically possible worlds exceeds metaphysically worlds. In present paper, I argue modal false. do so via an argument differs from most previous arguments against in it does not rely on controversial semantic or epistemological assumptions like descriptivism, internalism rationalism. The point my is, instead, internally inconsistent because r...

From the perspective of nonlinear science, it is argued that one may accept physicalism and reject substance dualism without being forced into reductionism. This permits a property dualism under which biological and mental phenomena may emerge from intricate positive feedback networks, involving many levels of both the biological and cognitive hierarchies.

Recent work on decision-making suggests that we are a conglomeration of multiple decision-making information-processing systems. In this paper, I address consequences of this work on decision-making processes for three philosophical conceptualizations that can be categorized as forms of dualism. 1. A rejection of Cartesian dualism. Although most scientists reject the existence of a separate non...