PSYC 4030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pineal Gland, Monism, Emergence

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1 May 2018

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PSYC 4030

Lecture 16

Mind & Brain

o What is the difference between dualism and

monism with respect to the issue of mind & brain?

Dualism: Mind and brain are made of different

substances, but they do interact.

• Descartes believed that the brain is physical while the

mind is nonphysical. He also believed that interaction

between the two occurred at the pineal gland.

Monism: Only one kind of substance.

• Most commonly held scientific version of this view is

called the monistic emergent property position, which

holds that the mind results from brain activity. In other

words, the brain creates/enables the mind.

o What is the mental trilogy?

Mind (Self) =

• Cognition

• Emotion

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