Materialism

Substance dualism is the ontological view that there exists two sorts of substances; mental and physical (material and immaterial). The existence of the substances are fundamentally distinct and exist independently of each other. If the soul can survive the death of the body, then there is the possibility of an after-life. Plato and Descartes are notorious for substance dualism which is also known as mind-body dualism, the believe that the soul is able to live on without the presence of the…

If a mad scientist were to transplant half of my brain into someone else’s brainless body, and the other half of my brain into a second’s person’s brainless body, which person would I be? Would I be neither of them or would I be just one of them? Assuming that my personal “fission” could support all of my mental life, According to Parfit’s article Personal Identity, personal identity does not matter and that I would be the same person at first but afterwards both people will become different…

In their 1985 work The Dialectical Biologist, authors Levins and Lewontin make the case for a dialectical-perspective-based approach to scientific inquiry and interpretation. Here we first summarize what is more rigorously referred to as the dialectical materialist (DM) perspective (Clark & York, 2005), then illustrate how science and social epidemiology (SE) fits within the framework developed therein. Next, we compare our own application of the dialectic framework to SE to the approach laid…

individuals, such as attachment style, materialism, self-esteem, and self-worth to see how they all relate in social psychology. The manner in which people form and maintain long-term relationships is called attachment style (Hazan and Shaver, 1987). Psychologists have developed several classification systems to identify and categorize different attachment styles, but the oldest and most popularized…

Section 21 Materialism deals with the proposed fact that in reality, to be able to have an experience of a physical object in any given situation; a person will have to physically experience that moment, otherwise, they will never know what it is like. You will have to be in direct contact with that physical object and all the properties of it; to be able to say that you know what it felt like handling that object physically and emotionally. However, when dealing with materialism, we cannot…

Idealism and Materialism are two different ways to approach every question. They provide different interpretations of the same question and the question might vary from interpreting the humankind as a whole to the interpretation of world events. They are not omly two different theories rather they provide two different world outlooks based on different philosophical traditions. For example, to explain a particular world event, idealist explanation would resort to spiritual and the materialist…

Increasing materialism is generally the ever growing desire to possess worldly things and depression is a form of mental illness. Lundberg defines materialism as a perceived reality that constitutes societal constructs; according to him the relationships that exist amongst people have become more centered towards wealth acquisition and selfishness. Unconsciously people have taken part in a race; the race to build an identity for them that is not only acceptable to one’s own self but is also…

Marx’s theory of social development is also known as ‘dialectical materialism.’ Marxian materialism implies that ideas, institutions, philosophies, religions, etc., all are determined by real material condition of life and social classes. Marxian materialism simply means that men's economic activities are fundamental and they determine the general way the character of everything else they do. Marx got the idea of ‘dialectics’ from the German philosopher Hegel. According to the dialectical…

Corruption has taken over our daily lives, and one of the most common forms of sin is materialism. This immoral act is overwhelming and can take over the lives of christians and non-christians alike. The quote by Stanley Hauerwas goes over some key points including how we must dispossess ourselves from material items so that our relationship with Christ can grow. Also, in order to be followers of Christ we must be like him and let go of all things that we believe give us and others power and…

Free Bird Chris So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity and conservatism (qtd. in Krakauer 57). Abandoning the routine of waking up at the same time everyday to take a shower, grab a cup of joe and head into work is not an easy task. Chris McCandless had an education, money, and car and gave it all up to follow his dream. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer gives…