PHLB81H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Property Dualism, Mental Property, Monism
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Mind-body dualism: although each of us has a body that is fully material, we also have a mental or spiritual dimension that no mere material things can have. Monism: all things in the world are substances of one kind. Materialism or physicalism: the beliefs that our world is fundamentally material, consisting only of bits of matter and complex structures made up of bits of matter. Idealism: the view that minds, or mental items at any rate, constitute the fundamental reality f the world, and that material things are mere constructs out of thoughts and mental experiences. Substance dualism: maintains that minds and bodies are two different sorts of substances. A substance is something in which properties inhere: that is, it is what has, or instantiates, properties. The notion of a substance is just this - that it can exist by itself, that is without the aid of any other substance. Why minds and bodies are distinct: some arguments.
