PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emergence, Psychophysical Parallelism, Parapsychology
11 Sep 2018
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Everything may be predictable except for human thought and behavior we are free to choose (no antecedent conditions can account for my behavior or thoughts) Answer: with time, external causes become internalized, become part of us (our brain) Mind body problem what are we made of? (is there more to a person than just atoms?) what is the difference between physical events and mental events. Type one: you think that everything is just made of matter and energy. Materialism- good position for scientists, matter and energy (body) and that is all there is (no mind because you can"t measure mind) Solipism (bishop berkley)- logically consistent but is is an unpopular opinion, there is only mind and all else are just mental experiences (the real world is an illusion) Type two: believe that there is more to things beside just matter and energy, accounting for emotions, having thoughts, having a soul.
