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    babies‚ is controlled by the brain stem. This was what gave Charity the illusion of normality; an illusion which would shatter in a few short weeks when function control would shift to the two hemispheres of the brain. Philosophical Mind- Body Dualism From the Materialist perspective‚ a perspective that denies the existence of a psyche‚ Charity’s physical limitations would suggest no mind‚ thus no spirit‚ no personality; Yorgason would disagree. In her seven years of life‚ Charity defied the

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    question is one of philosophy ’s oldest‚ possibly dating back to when humans began to wonder about their place in the world. In the modern world‚ however‚ three main views exist on this realm of the mind and consciousness and their interactions – dualism‚ materialism‚ and idealism. This classification is‚ however‚ in the simplest terms and in fact‚ the variety of theories which exist are far more elaborate (Goodwin‚ 2005; Young‚ 2005) and beyond the scope of this paper. Thus‚ in the interest of

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    been intriguing philosophers for a long time can be divided into two broad categories: dualism and monism. According to dualism‚ mind and body are two separate substances. There are several types of dualist views including parallelism‚ epiphenomenalism‚ occassionalism and interactionism. John Locke and Rene Descartes are among those who laid the foundation of this idea. Whereas Locke and Descartes believed in Dualism‚ there were other famous philosophers and thinkers who supported two kinds of monism:

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    about the weather. Therefore‚ stylistics looks at what is ‘going on’ within the language; what the linguistic associations are that the style of language reveals. Style has commonly been defined as a ‘way of writing’ or a ‘mode of expression’. Dualism and Monism are both major approaches to the study of stylistics. These are ’content’ and ’form’. The form of a work of literature or texts generally refers to its "architectonic". It is the essential organizational structure or formal features. The

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    Churchland points out that no one really knows what capabilities a full knowledge of neuroscience will bring. He also makes an argument that denounces dualism. Dualism is the belief that there are two fundamental substances‚ mind and matter. While materialism focuses on just one fundamental aspect‚ matter and there is no other substance. One example that goes towards what Churchland agrees with is that the

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    the physical(Stoljar‚ 2009). To put it in simpler terms relevant to the mind body problem the mind is a physical part of the body. I feel this way as it currently has the most supporting evidence. The other main view on the mind body problem is dualism and its theory of interactionism which holds that mind and body‚ though separate and distinct substances‚ causally interact.("interactionism‚" 2009). It isn’t the numerous theories that cause this mind body problem to be such a problem though it’s

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    philosophical and historical review. Journal of Physical Education‚ Recreation & Dance ‚ 54(1)‚ 16-20. doi: 10.1080/07303084.1983.10631199 Odegard‚ D. (1970). Locke and mind -body dualism. Royal Institute of Philosophy‚ 45(172)‚ 87-105. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3749796 Johnson‚ E. (1970). Monism and dualism. The Monist‚ 28(4)‚ 624-629. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/27900714 Metheny‚ E. (1954). The third dimension in physical education. Journal of Health‚ Physical Education

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    A brief inspection into Australian Materialism: The views of the Australian materialists on the identification of the mind and the body‚ simply stated‚ are that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. Henceforth these philosophers (for the purpose of this article I will be referring in particular to Smart and Armstrong’s views on the matter) assume the position that all processes of the mind and experiences are due to physical reactions occurring in

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    Philosophy of Mind is an exceptionally intricate and challenging topic to comprehend. I located a YouTube video that proved to be enormously beneficial at clarifying the topic of philosophy of mind‚ as I assimilate information quicker when there are visuals and not only written text. The YouTuber assists in answering the questions: what is the mind‚ what is it like‚ and does it consist of matter or some other substance? The first example he provides examines the question if Luke Skywalker and Darth

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    minds and bodies are completely physical; they are spatial and subject to physical law. Idealism which states the world is wholly spiritual; it is neither spatial not subject to physical law but still has consciousness and intentionality. Finally‚ dualism combines these two and states that the body is physical‚ and the mind is mental which implies an interaction or causal influence between the two states. The mind-body problem has significant moral‚ ethical and social importance. Depending

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