PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Brain Death, Monism, Physicalism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Dualism: the philosophical belief that reality consists of two distinct entities, the mind and matter (body) Materialism: philosophical belief that reality can be known only through an understanding of the physical world of which the mind is a part. Physicalism: the view that everything that exists is no more extensive than its physical properties. Monism: the view that only one kind of substance exists. Proposes that the (cid:271)rai(cid:374)"s (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455) is a glo(cid:271)al (cid:449)orkspa(cid:272)e that ser(cid:448)es to i(cid:374)tegrate, a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess and coordinate the functioning of large numbers of specialized brain circuits. Neural correlates: minimal neuronal mechanism required to produce a specific conscious precept. Blind sight: the ability to interact behaviorally with objects while remaining consciously unaware of them, visual is damaged but still can perform things involving vision. Brain death: irreversible unconsciousness with complete loss of brain function. Coma: a state of extreme unresponsiveness in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or discernible sleep wake cycles.