Evaluation of soul,mind and body

Question 1

Strength of Materialism?

Answer 1

-Magnetic Scanners, detect changes in the brain when looking at different images mental changes are due to physical activities
-Reduces everything to personhood so avoids explanation of afterlife.
-Nasa development of sensors on the throat
-Okhams razor

Question 2

Weaknesses of Materialism?

Answer 2

-Reduce all human experience to physical account e.g paranormal activity
-Keith Ward, morality becomes a choice, no purpose of human life, challenges the sanctity of life
-Qualia

Question 3

Strength of Substance Dualism?

Answer 3

-Anscombe, intention cannot be reduced to physical action.

Question 4

Weakness of Plato?

Answer 4

Peter Geach, how could the immortal soul have seen the soul is seeing as a physical process?

Question 5

Weakness of Aristotle?

Answer 5

-Materialism
-Plato’s view of the soul, imprisonment