Dualism And The Mind Body Problem
According to the Bible in Genesis, God informs Adam that, "dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.” This was to remind Adam that he came into existence from the earths dust. Furthermore, it is science today that informs us that planet earth was conceived also by the suns dust and that humans are made up of material that was created from star dust. We humans are also in the noble possession of a mind. We are capable of thinking, feeling, and we can also exercise free will as Eve when she ate the apple of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The relatively old mind-body problem is basically how our minds or soul is one with the body. For centuries It has been known that our minds and bodies are somewhat related to the brain. The ancient
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Human share material objects, and that means we of course have weight, are solid, and are made up of a mixture of the three phases of solid, liquid, and gas. However, unlike certain physical objects people unlike animals possess the uncanny skill to form judgments and are able to reason their existence because we have minds. What a dualist believes is that people have both a mind and body/brain. This belief is known as dualism. Dualists in summary view that the body and the mind exist as separate entities, that they are not the same …show more content…
Neutral monism it holds the belief that true reality is all the same. If we look at it from that certain angle it is basically agrees with idealism and materialism. Materialism says that only physical things exist which is one thing and neutral monism believes all things are the same which is agreeing with materialisms position. What I believe particularly separates neutral monism from others is the claim that the fundamental basis of the nature of the world is not mental or physical. This obviously captures the idea of neutrality. By being safe and neutral I believe this theory accepts the fact that what makes the world is something that is far beyond what us humans could possibly be capable of knowing with our bodies and minds, so it would be safe to say it is neither mental or physical
Human share material objects, and that means we of course have weight, are solid, and are made up of a mixture of the three phases of solid, liquid, and gas. However, unlike certain physical objects people unlike animals possess the uncanny skill to form judgments and are able to reason their existence because we have minds. What a dualist believes is that people have both a mind and body/brain. This belief is known as dualism. Dualists in summary view that the body and the mind exist as separate entities, that they are not the same …show more content…
Neutral monism it holds the belief that true reality is all the same. If we look at it from that certain angle it is basically agrees with idealism and materialism. Materialism says that only physical things exist which is one thing and neutral monism believes all things are the same which is agreeing with materialisms position. What I believe particularly separates neutral monism from others is the claim that the fundamental basis of the nature of the world is not mental or physical. This obviously captures the idea of neutrality. By being safe and neutral I believe this theory accepts the fact that what makes the world is something that is far beyond what us humans could possibly be capable of knowing with our bodies and minds, so it would be safe to say it is neither mental or physical