For many, Cartesian dualism has lost the battle owing to the blows struck by the neurosciences and, in particular, functional cerebral imaging. In an article (Dualism Persists in the Science of the Mind)coauthored by Steven Laureys from the Coma Science Group at ULg, he reports on the conclusions of a vast survey he initiated: despite all, dualist conceptions still remain popular. Journey to th...

ions from the overall psychology of a person. Thus, for instance, the notion of a will without an intellect, or of a language module in the absence of belief and desire, is just plain nonsense. Finally, it will not do to speak of the self ’s psychological states and processes themselves—its beliefs, intentions, experiences, and so forth—as being ‘parts,’ much less as being substantial parts, of...

It is a matter of common sense that the world is composed of a multiplicity of discrete, separable objects. Indeed, this worldview of perceptual objects is practical and essential for everyday life. As the atomic theory of matter emerged, it was rather natural to assume that atoms were small-scale counterparts of everyday objects. Indeed, such a simplistic, philosophical atomism became an accep...

Physicalism (P) entails minimal physicalism (MP), MP entails minimal supervenience (MS), and MS is the thesis that there is covariance between the supervenient and the subvenient stuff. Therefore, if the (alleged) supervenient and subvenient stuff do not covary, then MS is false, and if MS is false then MP is false, and if MP is false then P is false. Put differently: if MS is false then P is f...

Implicit theories and biases continue to be large obstacles in the attainment of adequate mental health services for those with mental illness. Mind-body dualism is a theoretical construct which claims the independence of the mind from the body and which may influence some of these biases. We hypothesized that dualistic views may lead people to hold greater stigma toward those with mental illne...

Let us begin by summarizing what we have covered in the first 2 lectures, and then set the task for today's lecture. We have covered the following 4 issues: 1. Is dualism a necessary part of a Christian view of humankind? In Lecture 1, I suggested (without going deep enough to prove the point) that body/soul dualism has extra-Christian roots and is not a necessary presupposition for understandi...

there is a variety of schools in hinduism ,vedanta is the most important one , shankara is the most leading of its commentator , his perspective is known as advaita – vedanta ( non – dualism) . this paper attempts to analyse shankara’s doctrine of non-dualism . through – explanation of the key – concepts : brahma , atma , ishvara , maya and budhi , besides comparation had been made between the ...

It is well known that Franz Brentano was the first to suggest intentionality, property of being about something, as a criterion for demarcating domain mental. He suggested intentionality necessary and sufficient condition something qualify mental event. important, purposes this paper, pay attention fact Brentano’s theory came from within broader philosophical outlook thoroughly dualistic. sough...