Prior to delving in and analyzing the various responses of Huxley, Ryle, and Armstrong, a synopsis highlighting the key points of “An Unfortunate Dualist” is essential. Ultimately, Smullyan paints a picture of a protagonist who is extremely unhappy due to his philosophical inclinations. He reasons he cannot commit suicide for it will not be a rational act given the various associations he believes suicide holds. This dualist, comes across a miraculous drug which will annihilate the soul, yet leaving the physical body- his perfect solution. During the night, a friend who is aware of his sufferings sneaks in and injects the drug.…
This belief in philosophy that the mind, soul, or conscious is independent from the body is referred to as Cartesian dualism; in other words, if the body dies the mind does not. Trying to distinct the mind from the body has been a topic in philosophy since Rene Descartes, one of the most influential founders. In one of Descartes first essays, the ‘Second Meditation: Of the Human Mind’, he wrote about how he believed that the mind and the body were two separate entities and self is distinct from the body. On the other hand, there are plenty of respected philosophers that believe Descartes’s look on our mind and body is wrong; these people call themselves Anti-Cartesians. Sir Peter Strawson, a very well-known Anti-Cartesian stated, the mind is…
Dualism is the concept of two beings sharing one body and one exsperience. In DuBois case, He explains the two parts of a "Negro" as being divided by the struggles of being black and beimg american. Due to Descrimination agianst african americans, Dualism was a common case. As an African American, You are treated as an African, but is stationed as an American, making you only different by the color of your skin, not the contiant of your charactor, nor your abilities. Also I do feel that this concept is viewed with in every culture according to status and…
Abdulkabir Adejumo Professor Escalante PHILO 1301 11/2/2017 Response Paper 1 “Do We Survive Death?” In this interesting chapter, James Rachels starts by uncovering the philosophy of Socrates about the immortal soul. At that point, he utilizes the scientific argument to conflict with Socrates' conclusion about the presence of the soul as a piece of the human body.…
In the first chapter of the book, called "Dueling Dualisms" Anne Fausto-Sterling's begins by discussing how the differences between the social expression of gender as well the physical underpinnings of gender have been intensely debated over the last few decades. Sexologists, Money and Ehrhardt introduced the now popular idea that gender and sex are two different and separate categories, with sex as signifying "physical attributes and is anatomically and physiologically determined" and gender as a "psychological transformation of the self" or the "conviction that one is either male or female...and the behavior expressions of that conviction" (3). The 1970's second-wave feminists, for example, believed in these two separate categories and thought…
The mind-body problem is a very unique problem. Having consciousness is what makes this problem so difficult. Without having consciousness, the mind-body problem would be much simpler and less interesting. In fact, most reductionist theories don’t even try to explain this problem. Concerning consciousness, it’s difficult to provide evidence of it…
The four theories of personal identity—body theory, soul theory, memory theory, brain theory— are very well discussed in John Perry's book, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality. In an argument between Gretchen Weirob, Sam Miller, and Dave Cohen, all these theories are put into question in a discussion about the possibility of life after death. Overall, throughout the book , in these discussions it seems as if the body theory wins the argument for having more pros and fewer cons than the memory, brain and soul theories. However, this theory is contradicted and deemed not possible because when the body dies the person identity no longer exists.…
Descartes divisible argument is based on his perception and meditation about mind and body. He manifest that, mind existence is real and is unquestionable impossible to divide as the body could. This statement marked a clear difference between both, which indicates and without a questioning cannot be considered equal and the same thing. He also question our soul, senses, imagination and the extension of it, perception of things, God, knowledge, and he doubts the perception of things either awake or sleep and sensory perception in general.…
Do we have souls? Is there life after death? These are questions that many often ponder. As a Christian I believe that we are souls who possess a spirit housed in bodies. We are eternal beings.…
Protocol Paper #2 “Do We Survive Death?” Thesis: The idea of an immortal soul is a controversial topic since there is not enough evidence to really know what happen after we die. In this chapter, Rachels analyzes three main points of the evidence of a soul that is immortal which include near-death experiences, reincarnation, and psychic communication with the death.…
Such matters are able to be explained through the evidence of empirical research on the brain. Thus, it cancels out how there is an unknown development of interaction between the mind and the body since all development of the mind can be traced by to the how the brain of the body was impacted. Which leads to how physicalism is the stronger answer to the mind-body question given the argument of dualism lives us with more of a hypothetical…
Housing and Need According to My Two Perspectives: Old and New As a child, my needs were very few, and I had more than most, if not all, of my peers. I had more expensive clothes, a bigger home, a newer car, and an exquisite jewelry collection from all over the world. I was accustomed to being a child of privilege, to the degree that I was unable to understand the concept of need. I could not comprehend poverty or hunger.…
Which is, where does the mind go after we have died? Because how can the mind continue to be existent when the body is no longer present? This does in fact bring issues to dualism. We shouldn’t believed that there is a ghost in the machine, but that the ghost is the machine itself. In other words, when the machine is no longer running, the “ghost” stops as well.…
Have you ever heard of someone dying? Everyone has, right? Whether it was someone they knew and loved, or somebody who they had never heard of or cared about. People die, everyone can agree on that. People die, their bodies decompose, and they are gone forever.…
Dualism and Logical Behaviorism Each and every day, people connect with the world through various mental and physical involvements. Physical experiences are bodily actions, which include breathing, consuming, drinking, sleeping, talking, and walking to name a few. Mental experiences are actions of the mind, which include numerous emotions, needing, determining, questioning, recalling and the list keeps going. For years, philosophers have debated the understanding of these feelings and experiences. For quite some time, Cartesian Dualism was a well-known justification for how thought is processed.…