PPT-Doubting Mind-Body Dualism

By Cassandra Gill Thesis Descartes argues that the mind is a distinctive thing existing entirely separate from the body while Descartes argument is very methodical and carefully crafted his conclusion is not as certain as he believes it to be. Reading. Read Chapter 2 of Kim (Can skip or skim over 35-46). Read Descartes Selections (. pgs. 1-15) in the reader. . Focus . especially on pages 1-3, 5-7 and 12. -14.. The mind body problem. The mystery is how minds could possibly arise out of seemingly mindless matter.. Introduction to Philosophy. Jason M. Chang. Lecture outline. Mind/body dualism. Materialism views. Behaviorism. Mind-brain identity theory. About this view. Dominant historical view. Common sense view today. The reading for today is Ch. 1 of . Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner’s Guide. .. Substances and Properties. The . properties. of a thing are the ways that that thing is, the . features. , . characteristics. By: Keanu, Michael and Miller Time. Explanation of the View. In the philosophy of mind, dualism is the theory that the mental and the physical—or mind and body or mind and brain—are, in some sense, radically different kinds of thing. Because common sense tells us that there are physical bodies, and because there is intellectual pressure towards producing a unified view of the world, one could say that materialist monism is the ‘default option’. Descartes. Philosophy 224. Rene Descartes. Descartes was born in 1591 in La . Haye. , France. He died in 1650 in Sweden.. Educated by the Jesuits, he was dissatisfied with the products of what was at the time the best education possible.. Elizabeth Argument. Materialism. :. Human . beings are . wholly material—every part of a person, including the mind, is a material body.. Dualism. : . Human . being. s . are not wholly material—. Philosophy of Mind. e. pistemology. episteme. knowledge. m. etaphysics. a. fter . Physics. matter, causation, possibility . I am, I exist, is necessarily true each time it is expressed by me, or . conceived . Descartes. Philosophy 224. Rene Descartes. Descartes was born in 1591 in La . Haye. , France. He died in 1650 in Sweden.. Educated by the Jesuits, he was dissatisfied with the products of what was at the time the best education possible.. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing. Substance dualism. Substance dualism: minds are not bodies, not parts of bodies, nor properties of bodies, but distinct substances. Dualism. Learning Outcomes. To be able to understand the concept of dualism.. To be able to analyse views on what makes us human. . There is a variety of ideas about survival after death. In our children. The view that mind and body. are distinct and separate . entities. . This is a compromise position between _________ dualism and materialism. This suggests that while there exists only one kind of substance, there are fundamental differences in the properties of mind and matter. . The Mind-Body Problem N ormal day-to-day activities seem at first very ordinary : You are reading a book and eating an apple. You don’t need to read aloud—you read in your mind. Take a bite of your apple and taste that sweet apple taste. The Mind-Body Problem N ormal day-to-day activities seem at first very ordinary : You are reading a book and eating an apple. You don’t need to read aloud—you read in your mind. Take a bite of your apple and taste that sweet apple taste. Spring 2013. Professor Jason Tougaw. David Lodge’s . Thinks…,. . “the Mind-Body Problem,”. and the Liberal Arts. The Liberal Arts. A Liberal Arts . education. . involves the study of a collection of intellectual fields designed to find and make meaning (as opposed to training students in the skills of a particular profession). These fields include the .