PHL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Subjective Idealism, Physical Law, Intentionality
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When imagining a triangle, you see a three sided figure (with the mind"s eye) Thinking of a chiliagon: you understand it has a thousand sides, but you will fail to construct in your mind a 1000-sided figure. *imagination requires a peculiar effort of mind not required for understanding. If the body exists, and since there is no equally suitable way of explaining imagination that comes to mind, i can make a probably conjecture that the body exists. The senses perceives the self external and internal stimuli. Sensations of hunger, thirst pan confused modes of thinking. Arise from the union and intermingling of the mind and body. Knowledge about truth comes from the mind alone, not to the combination of mind and body. We just make mistakes, this is the weakness of our nature. Interactionist dualist (two parts: dualist and interactionist) approach to mind-body problem. Two fundamentally different kinds of substances in this world.
