Body, Mind, Soul Key Words Flashcards
1
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Body/ soul distinction
A
The body is matter and the soul is the soul
2
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Dualism
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The belief that humans have two elements - the body and the soul
3
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Substance dualism
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There two elements (body and soul) are wholly different substances
Descartes
4
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Monism
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The view that humans are one substance (not two)
5
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Materialism
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The only substance is a material (physical one)
6
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Category error
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Incorrectly assuming that two terms are of the same logical type
7
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Identity theory
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Mental and physical events are one in the same
8
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“Soul one” (Dawkins)
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The ancient idea of consciousness
A non-physical element of life
9
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“Soul two” (Dawkins)
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Intellect or development of mental faculties (to be answered by science)
10
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Hard materialist
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Richard Dawkins
11
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the soul is the animating principle of the body
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Aristotle
