Dualism and free will

Question 1

Mind

Answer 1

Faculties humans have to perceive, feel, think, remember and want

Question 2

Dualism

Answer 2

Believing theres two things, immaterial and material. Oldest and most intuitive. It puts conscious information processing at the centre.

Question 3

Mind-body problem

Answer 3

Humans tend to think that the mind arises from the brain, but is more than just the brain itself (Chalmers). This is bc conscious information processing gives us a feeling of being in control. But we can’t explain how the mind is linked to the body

Question 4

Consciousness

Answer 4

Thoughts, beliefs, desires etc that we are aware of. Our ‘I’, and the hardest problem in psychology

Question 5

Free will

Answer 5

Situation in which you can choose action:
- Must be able to do otherwise (not necessary)
- Act must originate in agent, not an external force (intention is cause of the act)
- Intention of behaviour precedes behaviour