Philosophy 2400F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Monism, Mental Property, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
3 Feb 2021
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This version of dualism is endorsed by one of the aliens in t. bisson"s [1991] short story, meat. Distinction between reality and substance dualism: reality dualism substance dualism, substance dualism " property dualism, reality dualism is the claim that reality contains 2 spheres, the material and immaterial sphere. In both cases it is about reality: substance dualism in contrast is about minds. It holds that minds belong to the immaterial sphere. Whereas body and brains belong to the material sphere. In both cases, this kind of reality dualist is a monist about mind even tho they"re dualists about reality. Arguments for (substance) dualism: gottfried wilhelm leibniz (1646-1716, substance dualist, something calculus with newton, leibniz" s thought-experiment (adapted/modernized, a human is converted into a small ant (call him ant-man). They"re now able to crawl around a living human brain. What would they find, if they were to take an exhaustive tour: the answer:
