Class consciousness

mind body problem, defend the position of property dualism, support my claim through the problem of personal identity and the problem of interaction, and provide one refute using epiphenomenalism. The mind-body problem the question of how our consciousness is created through the interaction of mental and brain states. The best way to describe the interaction between mental and brain states is through property dualism. A supporting argument for property dualism is through the problem of personal…

What Is It Like? The Materialist without Phenomenal Qualities Rejean Allen Prof. Sanchez Philosophy 1305 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…

Aquinas claimed that a human person is made up of two parts, the body and the soul. The soul is the form of the body. Although the soul exists, it should not be interpreted as the soul and the body being independent elements. The soul is distinguished from the body however it has to be added to the body, making the body alive. The soul is the first principle of life that makes a potentially human body what it is. It is because the soul is the principle of intellectual understanding. This…

accompanied by our stream of consciousness. However, consciousness is, as Nagel said, intractable. Consciousness is not far from black and white because consciousness can be altered by different factors. Like one of the previous examples, consciousness can be altered when a person suffers from traumatic brain injuries. Although the consciousness is still present, which would suggest that it is different than the actual physical portions of the brain, the consciousness is so drastically different…

Personality development can be explained through a psychoanalytic approach using the theories of Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud was an Austrian physician who treated patients with mental illness. He was a great thinker that developed numerous psychological theories that had their fair share of controversy. Freud believed human behavior was due to the interaction between the id, ego, and superego; the three components of personality. The id is the source of the inherited, instinctual drives known…

To every paranormal experience, there are two sides; the truth of the person who has experienced it and the truth of the event itself. Each experience comes with its own history of what had led to it, along with the significance behind it. Although there are strong cultural aspects to a spiritual experience, specifically spiritual possession, anthropologist Obeyesekere’s case study shows the importance of understanding the psychological causes as well, if not more. In his work, Obeyesekere…

In Intellect:Mind over Matter, Mortimer Adler probes the relationship between the mind and the body. He describes the four main theories regarding this relationship and separates them into two categories: extreme and moderate. Among the four theories, Adler argues in favor of moderate immaterialism. His argument is easily the most convincing as it accounts for the essential difference between man and animal, our intellect, while acknowledging the congruity between the mind and body. The extreme…

In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell persuades the readers how powerful a human’s subconscious is through the experiments of other people. He show how important it is and how it is not a bad way to judge a situation. Snap judgements are created by the subconscious from the tiniest bit of information taken from our surroundings. Snap judgements can also be called thin slicing or rapid cognition. Gladwell shows there are pros and cons to the this…

Unit 17- Psychology of Sports Performance 1- Personality and Motivation Introduction: In this essay Define Personality Definition: According to Ben Sheath on believeperform.com, personality is the characterisation of individual differences. (Wiggins, 1996). It is a well-known fact that everyone is different. It is considered that personality relates to the specific traits a person displays. A trait is a characteristic, which can be related to a person, for example ‘laziness’. In this…

Hanh Annie Vu PSYC 511 – Psychology Concepts Dr. David Perkins October 27, 2017 Mid-term exam Question 1 Since the beginning of time, philosophers and scientists have been investigating the composition of everything in the universe. While monists attempt to explain everything in terms of one reality – either physical matter or mental activity, dualists believe in the existence of both (Hergenhan & Henley, 2013). The mind-body question then came into existence to investigate the relationship…