105 - Lesson 3: Do You Mind?

Question 1

“Cogito ergo sum”

Answer 1

“I think therfore I am am.”

Question 2

Monoism

Answer 2

Beleive the mind and body are the same thing.

They are indivisible.

Question 3

Materialists

Answer 3

The mind and the brain are the same physical or biological substance.

Question 4

Idealists/mentalists

Answer 4

mind and brain are made up of thought. Same mental things.

Some believe that our lives are similar to dreams, they are mental constructions that our brain and body are just illusions or figments of our imagination.

Question 5

Interactionists

Answer 5

believe that the** mind and the brain influence each other**.

That is, the mind can influence the body, and the body can influence the
mind.

Question 6

Epiphenomenalists

Answer 6

believe that the mind is an epiphenomenon, or
byproduct of the brain.

They believe that the brain causes mental states,
but those mental states can’t influence the brain

Question 7

Parallelists

Answer 7

believe that experiences cause separate but simultaneous reactions in both the mind and the brain.

Question 8

occasionalists

Answer 8

believe that God is the messenger between the body and the mind, passing information from one to the other as needed.