Mind/Body Problem Flashcards
Name the types of Dualisms:
Substance dualism (Descartes)
mind and body are separate substances
Property dualism
mental properties are non-physical properties of physical things
Name the types of Monisms:
Physicalisms- materialism
Behaviouralism
Type Identity Theory
Eliminative Materialism
What theory denies:
The existence of certain mental entities that common sense takes for granted?
Eliminative Materialism
Which theory argues:
Emotions are identical to corresponding brain-states?
Type Identity Theory
Which theory argues:
Mental states are the same as physical states in the brain
These states are not impulses acting immediately
Instead dispositions that show a tendency to behave in a particular way once an opportunity presents its self
Philosophical Behaviouralism
Which theory argues:
Conscious and unconscious
Control the body
Direct and indirect influence
To resolve the body you need to address problems
Psychoanalytic theory.
Which theory argues:
Everything mental has a physical manifestation within the body
Mind is within the physicality of who you are
Phenomenology
Which theory argues:
Everything is a collection of Social Norms
Cultural Tradition
Critical theory
Which theory argues:
Mind and body are interwoven with eachother
We have to make our own meanings
Existentialism
Which theory argues:
Thoughts/ emotions map directly onto physical brain areas
Structuralism
Which theory argues:
Mind has no causal efficacy?
Epiphenomenalism
Which theory argues:
Everything has mental properties.
The Mind is a non-physical property of all matter.
Physical: Space, time, energy, mass
Mental: Ephemeral, yet fundamental.
Panpsychism
Which theory argues:
Mind has causal efficacy?
Emergent materialism
Which theory argues:
Emotions serve a purpose?
Functionalism
Which theory argues:
Emotions are folk-psychology to be replaced by real science?
Eliminative materialism
