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Only one exists (either the mind or the body)
Monism
When you can’t know for sure whether the mind or the body controls stuff
Indeterminism
Only the mind exists
Materialism
Only the mind exists. The body is a figment of imagination
Idealism
Both the mind and the body exist
Dualism
Both the mind and the body influence each other reciprocally
Interactionism
Both the mind and the body exist. The mental event is an artifact of awareness of the bodily processes (brain activity). Thus the body is the sole determiner of behavior, physical and mental.
Epiphenomenalism
Neither the mind or the body influences the other, but they are similarly linked to the environment.
Psychophysical parallelism
Both the mind and the body exist but are inseparable from each other, like the inside and outside of a circle
Dual aspectism
Both exist independently but appear interrelated due to the influence of an external agent like fate
Pre-established harmony
God actively coordinates mind and body
Occasionalism
The contents of the mind come from the environment
Empiricism
Theory guides observation- therefore theory, explicit or implicit, must come first.
Problem leads to theory guided observation which leads to solution which leads to a critical test
Non science seeks confirmation of a theory
Science seeks refutation of a theory
Popper’s view
Science has a lot of subjectivity
Parisians govern science. They contain beliefs (theories) and methods (empirical)
Paridigm governs most normal science (safe tests, mopping up details ect)
Unusual shifts demand paradigmatic shifts leading to scientific revolution
Kuhn’s view
Science is an ebb and flow from inductive to deductive periods.
Deductive periods (theoretical) lead to inductive periods (empirical) where unusual findings lead to deductive periods (theoretical change)
Called a scheme-empiric approach
S.S. Steven’s view
