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    John Locke in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding argues that there can be made a distinction between ideas in the mind and qualities in bodies. Ideas are “whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or is the immediate object of perception, thought, or understanding” (Locke II.8 §8). The power to produce any idea in our mind is what Locke calls the quality of a subject in which that power is. A snowball has the power to produce in us the ideas of round, white, and cold as they are in a snowball

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    “The Practice of Everyday Life” by Michel de Certeau explores the differences between “space” and “place”, and unravels the physical and theoretical implications of both terms through establishing clear definitions of each term. While I found the piece to be incredibly interesting, making large distinctions between terms that surface-wise seem identical, the concept that I was most intrigued by was de Certeau’s claim that “Memory is sort of an anti-museum: it is not localizable… Demonstrates indicate

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    Descartes Mind And Body

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    The problem of interaction between substances. Perhaps one of the most controversial issues in the Cartesian view of mind and body is how the two substances interact. In the book The passion of the Soul Descartes returned to the problem; he suggests that there is a gland in the middle of the brain in charge of the interaction; he maintains that “from there it radiates through the rest of the body by means of the animal spirits”) (Descartes, 1649/1984, p.341). But what does he mean? The pineal gland

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    Our Mind, And It Mysterious Have you been ridden on the road in summer? Did you see the road in front of you look like water? Yeah, it looks like water but it’s actually not. An answer for this is our mind plays a trick on us, not only on Halloween day, all the time. How our mind can do it? Cause it’s mind’s ability, which is to make sense on what we see and also plays an important part that organized on what we see, and on what we live with. In fact that anytime we see an optical illusion

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    Introduction Descartes is an early proponents of substance dualism, the view that there are two substances, an immaterial mind and a material body. One common objection raised against his view is the mind-body problem which raises the question of how the two different substances can possibly causally interact on substance dualism. In this essay, I will put forth two of Descartes’ replies to the problem and argue that they are successful. I will then consider one objection based on the law of conservation

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    Physicalism Vs Dualism

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    Physicalism vs. Dualism There is without a doubt that there is wonder and question into the existence of our mind and bodies and the various aspects that they uphold. There are issues discussed that raise question as to how our mind and body work together as a system. This issue is introduced by philosophers as the mind-body problem. This problem questions the relationship between our mental states and the physical aspects of our bodies. Throughout debates and time, philosophers have come up with

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    Frank Jackson describes a thought experiment about a character name Mary. Mary is in a black and white room and learns from black and white books, and lectures from black and white televisions. She has knowledge about everything in the physical world, and vast knowledge about subjects consisting of physics, chemistry, and neurophysiology. The idea of physicalism states that the world is entirely physical, and if someone has complete knowledge of the physical world then they would know everything

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    Section 4: The Gap Revisited This chapter so far has defended physicalism; however, the problems with the reductive view – in the form of identity theory – have highlighted the advantages of non-reductive physicalism. It has been suggested that this position is the most promising path for the metaphysics of consciousness. Empirical research will also be needed in order to attain a full understanding of consciousness in physical terms. Nonetheless it seems doubtful that science cannot deal only

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    Steven Mowery PHL 101 Assignment # 1 J.P. Moreland: “A Contemporary Defense of Dualism” Page 305 In his writings, “A Contemporary Defense of Dualism,” J.P. Moreland argues the point that the mind and brain are separate from each other. It seems as a quick thought that both are the same. However, the mind deals with ideas, thoughts and hopes. The brain is made up of the neural process. Throughout the entire argument, Moreland tries to prove the theory of physicalism, which is the idea that only

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    Descartes Dualism Essay

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    Dualism is a broad term that can encompass many areas within philosophy itself. In aspect to metaphysics, it classifies the types of entities in the world into two subcategories, physical and non physical substance. While this may appear to be a very wide and ambiguous opinion, it becomes very specific in regards to our own existence. Paul Churchland puts it very explicitly in his book Matter and Consciousness, and defines dualism as the idea that, “the essential nature of conscious intelligence

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