PHIL 100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Odometer, Materialism, Equals Sign
25 Dec 2020
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Phil 100 review sheet test #2: mind and body, what is the mind-body problem? i. It asks the question how something non-physical like the mind ever controls or affects something physical like the body: what is dualism? i. Dualism is the idea that there is a non-physical mind and it interacts in meaningful ways with the physical body. The idea of dualism is often adopted by religious people. It presents the problem of how this interaction takes place: what is materialism, materialism is the idea that there are no non-physical things. Everything that exists is and can only ever be physical. Also, everything the non-physical mind is thought to do can be fully explained by the workings of the physical brain. Argument from analogy (use examples: this solution argues that when we view another person"s actions, and they are similar to ours, we are left to assume that it"s for similar reasons.
